Cockroach Cooties

Cockroach Cooties is a children's novel by Laurence Yep.

Cockroach Cooties
First edition
AuthorLaurence Yep
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLater, Gator
Media typePrint (Hardback, Paperback)
Preceded byLater, Gator 
Followed bySkunk Scout 

Plot summary

Two brothers, Teddy and Bobby, try to defend themselves from a school bully named Arnie. The brothers discover that the bully is afraid of cockroaches. Bobby finds a cockroach and names it Hercules. Bobby uses cookies with strange ingredients to trick Arnie into a peace treaty. With the help of Hercules, the boys figure out what is happening to the bully.

Reception

It was a William Allen book nominee.[1] It won the Iowa Children's Choice Award,[2] the Texas Bluebonnet Award,[3] the Kentucky Book Award,[4] and the Laura Ingalls Book Award. A Publishers Weekly review says, "An altogether chipper outing".[5] Rebecca McCartney, of Burlington Public Library, reviewed the book saying, "I liked this book because it was full of creepy crawly things, and told with humor and warmth".[6]

gollark: Yes they are. They actually exceed the Landauer limit by adjusting local bee fields.
gollark: This is why my room is leaky and incredibly poorly heated, of course.
gollark: Humans work worse, interestingly. There's detectable cognitive function loss with higher CO2.
gollark: Plants do work better with more CO2.
gollark: It's roughly true.

References
  1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_/ai_n11786499/
  2. http://www.waterloo.lib.ia.us/youth/youthcc02/
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Publishers Weekly; 14 February 2000, Vol. 247 Issue 7, p200, 2p
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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