Maybelle in the Soup

Maybelle yearns for the good life. She wants what she can't have--to enjoy dinner right off the plate instead of eating crumbs off the floor. Maybelle is a cockroach, not the most endearing of protagonists. She knows the rules for staying alive."When its light stay out of sight; if you're spied, bet......more

With her pink bow and pearl necklace, Maybelle is a very stylish cockroach with a love of fine food, especially chocolate. Along with her friend Henry the flea, Maybelle's adventure carries her from a dinner party to a stay at the luxurious Grand Hotel. The problem is to avoid Ramona the cat, and to......more

I have to admit, I wasn't very excited about reading a book with a cockroach as the main character, but I think you will like this short, funny book! Maybelle is a cockroach who loves food. Even though it would be much safer to stay in her home under the refrigerator until night, Maybelle ventures o......more

This was a fun book about a little insect that lives in a house trying to survive. Although I was not fully interested in it as much as I thought I would be, it was still a cute book that had some fun moment in it.......more

It's a perfect book for 1st and 2nd graders. My kids loved loved loved Maybelle and Henry's little adventure. I think it was fun to think from a cockroach's point of view for the kids. Will be reading the second book too with the kiddos.......more