Laurence Yep Cockroach Cooties

Yep, L. (2000). Cockroach Cooties. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

(1). What did you like or dislike about the book?
I liked that this book was about siblings who bonded together to get rid of a bully. I thought the title was cute, but that the book was more about the friendship of two brothers and not so much the cooties of bugs. I think this would be a good book to use to introduce students to a different culture because it is about a Chinese family living in California.

(2). What in your life may have influenced your reaction or response to this book?
This book reminded me of the way I stood up for my younger sister. She was never bullied because she always had her big sister looking out for her. I could also relate to the way these two brothers argued and fought but trusted in each other.

(3). How would you compare this book to another book or books, or book or books by same author?
This book reminded of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Both books involve younger brothers that get in trouble and they need help from their older brothers. Both books show the relationships between brothers and the joy of having a family.

(4). What new thing (information or insight) did you learn about children's literature in reading this book?I learned that children’s literature can be multicultural and show children different backgrounds.

Other Books by Laurence Yep
The Serpent's Children (1849)
Mountain Light (1855)
Dragon's Gate (1867) (Newbery Honor)
The Traitor (1885)
Dragonwings (1903) (Newbery Honor)
Dragon Road (1939) (originally titled The Red Warrior)
Child of the Owl (1960)
Sea Glass (1970)
Thief of Hearts (1995)
Dragon
Dragon of the Lost Sea
Dragon Steel
Dragon Cauldron
Dragon War
Chinatown Mysteries
The Case of the Goblin Pearls
The Case of the Lion Dance
The Case of the Firecrackers
The Tiger's Apprentice
The Tiger's Apprentice: Book One
Tiger's Blood: Book Two
Tiger Magic: Book Three
Ribbons (untitled group of books)
Ribbons
The Cook's Family
The Amah
Angelfish
Later, Gator (untitled group of books)
Later, Gator
Skunk Scout
Nonfiction
American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices (editor)
The Lost Garden (autobiography, part of the In my own Words series)
Picture Books
The Magic Paintbrush
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty and the Beast Tale
The Butterfly Boy
The Shell Woman and the King: a Chinese folktale
The Khan's Daughter: a Mongolian folktale
When the Circus Came to Town
The Ghost Fox
The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes
The Man who Tricked a Ghost
Other books
Tongues of Jade
The Rainbow People
Sweetwater
The Star Fisher
Dream Soul (sequel to The Star Fisher)
Hiroshima: A Novella
The Earth Dragon Awakes: the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South (part of The Royal Diaries series)
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner (part of the I Am America series)
Spring Pearl: The Last Flower (part of the Girls of Many Lands series)
The Imp that Ate My Homework
Kind Hearts and Gentle Monsters
The Mark Twain Murders
The Tom Sawyer Fires
Shadow Lord (a Star Trek novel)
Mia
Bravo, Mia!
Plays
The Age of Wonders
Dragonwings
Pay the Chinaman (one-act)
Fairy Bones (one-act)