Fly GuyMy children love the fly guy series. We've read a couple now and they never fail to excite my 6 yr old and my twin 3 yr olds. I find him somewhat disgusting, but then again, I have boys, so they are still asking for more fly guy. It's also a nice break because sometimes these are on audio and I get those for them to listen to while I'm making lunch. I still read other books as well to them, but lately, these are their favorites. Arnold is quickly becoming a well-known name in our household. Fly Guy and the Frankenfly is a popular book about a young boy name Fly Guy and his best friend Buzz who is a fly. Buzz and Fly Guy are up one night drawing pictures of Buzz as Frankenstein. Fly Guy goes to sleep and think he wakes up to Buzz creating a Frankenfly. As a teacher I would use this story to reinforce the importance of descriptive writing and also building upon characters. Characters are developed by using describing words that allow you to imagine the character in your head. I would remind students that without looking at the story they can form a vision of a character. After reading the story I will ask students to think how they think the character looks, their personality and the emotions they experience in the story. I would remind students they have to pay attention to the details in the story to help develop the character in their brain. I will reread specific pages in the story for students to see examples of words describing the character. Once we have talked about describing a character I will do a follow up activity to emphasize the strategy students learned in class. Students will practice writing descriptively to help improve their c by making it more interesting and engaging to read.
Jazzy, shiny cover; great story; same awesome style illustrations with the bulging-eyed characters.
—snow_fire
My 9 year old loves this series of books. She gives this one 3 stars.
—aaallleee
Fly guy flies again in this spooky-themed adventure.
—Pia
Another fun read with Ethan!
—oceansiren
