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

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

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.[citation needed] 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]

References

  1. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_/ai_n11786499/[bare URL]
  2. ^ "Iowa Children's Choice Award Books 2002 – 2003 – Waterloo Public Library". waterloo.lib.ia.us. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Texas Bluebonnet Award: 2002-2003 Master List". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  4. ^ "2001 Master List @ the Kentucky Bluegrass Award". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
  5. ^ Publishers Weekly; 14 February 2000, Vol. 247 Issue 7, p. 200, 2p
  6. ^ "Book Reviews – Kids @ Burlington Public Library". Archived from the original on 23 November 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2008.


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