artwork by Bradford P Ward
So I ask. Who really likes a cockroach? I don't know anyone who does. Do you? When Cockroach is first introduced at the beginning of the book,
A Pilgrimage of Pests, we learn that he is not too popular in Meadowfield either. And for good reason. Being rude and obnoxious may be two of his finer qualities! (Let me warn you. If you haven't read beyond the first chapter, he gets much worse).
Cockroach lives alone in the forest. He doesn't have much. In fact, the only thing he has is a stink pile of filthy, germ-infested, rotting tidbits; piled high for his dining pleasure. Of all the tidbits in his pile, including egg shards, purple berries, fruit rinds and scribble skin, what he treasures the most are his three, sweet Loomer crystal cubes. He keeps these buried deep in the pile, where only he can find them. That is until his neighbor, the sly Silverfish, begins to concoct a scheme to get her tarsi on the coveted crystal cubes.
Cockroach may be the central character in the book, but there are many other Meadowfield bug-fellows that you'll meet as you continue to read the entire Cockroach of Meadowfield trilogy.
A Pilgrimage of Pests, we learn that he is not too popular in Meadowfield either. And for good reason. Being rude and obnoxious may be two of his finer qualities! (Let me warn you. If you haven't read beyond the first chapter, he gets much worse).
Cockroach lives alone in the forest. He doesn't have much. In fact, the only thing he has is a stink pile of filthy, germ-infested, rotting tidbits; piled high for his dining pleasure. Of all the tidbits in his pile, including egg shards, purple berries, fruit rinds and scribble skin, what he treasures the most are his three, sweet Loomer crystal cubes. He keeps these buried deep in the pile, where only he can find them. That is until his neighbor, the sly Silverfish, begins to concoct a scheme to get her tarsi on the coveted crystal cubes.
Cockroach may be the central character in the book, but there are many other Meadowfield bug-fellows that you'll meet as you continue to read the entire Cockroach of Meadowfield trilogy.
A short video about cockroaches from National Geographic.
