Cockroach Cooties

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.

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]