Book 1

Shoebag

by Mary James

Published 1 March 1990
Shoebag, a happy young cockroach who finds himself suddenly changed into a little boy, changes the lives of those around him before returning to his former life as an insect

Book 2

Shoebag Returns

by Mary James

Published 1 November 1996
Shoebag, a cockroach with magical powers, changes himself into a boy to aid lonely Stanley Sweetsong, the only boy in Miss Rattray's School for Girls.