Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce children to different types of cockroaches, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, favorite foods, threat to humans, and other related topics.
"Describes the life of a cockroach by explaining its body parts, habitat, and behaviors. Explains how the cockroaches scavenge for decomposing organic material and compares the many types of cockroaches. Includes life-cycle diagram and close-up photos of body parts"--Provided by publisher.
Shoebag, a happy young cockroach who finds himself suddenly changed into a little boy, changes the lives of those around him before returning to his former life as an insect.
When Impy, a cockroach, learns that his colony's home is threatened with financial ruin, he sets out to save his home from destruction and preserve a cultural landmark in the process.
While searching for the source of one beautiful sound, a ravishing cockroach rejects marriage proposals from a menagerie of city animals which woo her with their noises.