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A pet fly searches for his favorite brown, oozy, lumpy, smelly food.Tags
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What can one say about Fly Guy books. Flies are gross, nasty, disease carrying insects...yet you can't help but love Fly Guy. The illustrations are done in a unique style and the stories are funny. I love the way Tedd Arnold incorporates a flies 'language' into the story
Fly Guy travels around looking for his favorite food that is brown, oozy, lumpy, and smelly. The illustrations make Fly Guy cute and likable. However, boys are more likely to enjoy this easy reader because it may gross some readers out that Fly Guy is a fly and likes gross food. The plot is simple, repetitive, and easy to read. Fly Guy travels around looking for his favorite food, but people or animals keep chasing him away. The setting is vague and not really important to the story. There are themes of being lost and not being wanted. The book is divided into three short chapters. In the last chapter the text goes around in a loop, mimicking fly guy's movement. The illustrations are fun and bring life to the story. When Fly Guy spots show more some potential food the picture is a close up and the food is unidentifiable. Readers will have fun turning the page and discovering the food that Fly Guy found. When Fly Guy is chased away he looks particularly funny because his eyes are so crazy and big. Young boy readers should greatly enjoy this story because of the humor and gross elements. Recommended. show less
Another Tedd Arnold book, so of course it is great. I just adore Fly Guy and his personality is likeable. These books are great for my students because they are easy to read, and of high-interst. They are funny and likable.
I really don't like the "fly guy" books. I can appreciate kids' gross-out humor, and books about bugs and so forth. But these just don't do it for me. The illustrations are not pleasurable, the characters are annoying, and not much about the stories recommend themselves.
I really don't like the "fly guy" books. I can appreciate kids' gross-out humor, and books about bugs and so forth. But these just don't do it for me. The illustrations are not pleasurable, the characters are annoying, and not much about the stories recommend themselves.
This is a fun book about a pet fly named Fly Guy and his search for his favorite food. The reader keeps guessing at what his favorite food actually is until the very end, and it's not that gross afterall! I tagged this book for both preschool and elementary and also as both picture and chapter book. It can be read as a quick picture book for the preschooler who is not yet reading, and it can also be read by the elementary student as a short chapter book. I would recommend this book for a young student who is ready to start reading very easy chapter books. While Fly Guy is out trying to find his owner, Buzz, the reader gets to try and guess what kind of food Fly Guy has just found. Unfortunately, he keeps finding food that belongs to show more other people, hence the title. I recommend this book for all libraries with young children. show less
This early chapter book is also a fantasy starring a pet fly and all of his adventures. The illustrations were probably done in watercolor, ink, and colored pencil.
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Buzzy Fly Guy’s on his own for most of his third outing. Returning from a foray past garbage, a horse and other intriguingly scented landmarks, Fly Guy finds a note that his human buddy Buzz and family have gone off for a picnic. Away he flies in pursuit—both of Buzz, and of his favorite food, which is “brown, oozy, lumpy and smelly.” Being a fly, he is of course willing to settle for show more any one of those qualities, but the tempting burger, pizza slice, bones and roadkill he finds are already claimed. Poor Fly Guy, shooed away from every snack. Arnold’s cartoons are more pop-eyed than ever in this simply told, medium-gross episode, and emergent readers will enjoy following the muscid marauder to final nirvana atop a slice of—yes, shoo-fly pie: brown, oozy, lumpy and smelly. (Easy reader. 5-7) show less
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Fly Guy is back for his third adventure in this rollicking series. This time, the unusual pet is exploring on his own while his owner, Buzz, has gone on a picnic. Fly Guy is searching for something good to eat. Readers are told that his favorite food is "brown, oozy, lumpy, and smelly." His first find isn't "oozy, lumpy, or smelly. But it was brown. Close enough!" Then the boy who is about to show more eat the hamburger shoos him off, and Fly Guy must look again. The scene repeats as the exuberant bug finds other "close enough" foods and gets shooed away. At last, he finds the perfect brown, oozy, lumpy, smelly food and is reunited with Buzz. This book has tons of kid appeal, as beginning readers follow the small hero through the zippy, funny story. Clear, bright pictures are surrounded by lots of white space, and the large block letters in a casual font are easy to read. Simple sentences with repetition reinforce reading skills in a humorous way. This delightful book is guaranteed to fly off library shelves. show less
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Tedd Arnold was born in Elmira, New York. He earned a fine arts degree from the University of Florida. He and his wife, Carol, lived in Tallahassee where he worked as a commercial illustrator. He has now published over 50 books as author and illustrator. His book, Hi! Fly Guy received a 2006 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor from the American Library show more Association. He now resides back in Elmira with his family. He has two grown sons, Walter and William. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Shoo, Fly Guy!
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