cockroaches

Presents an introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of cockroaches.

This Puerto Rican folktale describes the adventures of the sprightly Martina, a Spanish cockroach of high degree, and her many suitors.

A folktale from New Orleans that explains why cockroaches and chickens are not the best of friends.

An adaptation of a popular story about Martina, a little cockroach who takes Ratoncito P?rez as her husband because he answered correctly her question on how he would sing to their offspring.

Christopher's room is beginning to resemble a toxic waste dump, but he refuses to clean it, even when it means no dessert or television, until the night the goldfish revolt.

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics and behaviors of roaches.

A brief introduction to one of the world's most durable insect species that has survived over 300 million years and thrives almost anywhere in the world.

A little boy who has never been allowed to have a pet finds the perfect solution to his problem.

Rat and Roach are ready to rock with their new band, but when Rat refuses to let Roach wear his sparkle pants, Roach gets a serious case of stage fright.

In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.