Night Fright (Fly Guy and Fly Girl #1)

by Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator)

Overview

Introducing the Fly Guy and Fly Girl series! YIPPEEZZZ!

Buzz and Liz go to the zoo with their pets, Fly Guy and Fly Girl. Little do they know that something scary is about to happen... GULPZ! GULPZIE!Featuring an appealing story and fun illustrations, Tedd Arnold's bestselling Fly Guy series is a perfect fit for beginning readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338549218
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Series:	Fly Guy Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	88,132
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Tedd Arnold is the bestselling author and illustrator of the Fly Guy (Zig Zag et Zazie) series, Green Wilma, Parts, and other popular picture books. He is also the illustrator of Detective Blue. He has received Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for Hi! Fly Guy (Salut Zig Zag!) and I Spy Fly Guy! (Où es-tu Zig Zag?). Tedd lives with his wife, Carol, in Florida.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Fly Guy and the Alienzz:"Fans of the series won't be disappointed in this easy-to-read intergalactic adventure." — School Library JournalPraise for Fly Guy's Big Family:"A silly and lighthearted tale." — School Library JournalPraise for Ride, Fly Guy, Ride!:"Clear type, bright white space and careful word choice make this a must-read for children ready for books a little more challenging than Elephant and Piggie." — Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Fly High, Fly Guy!:"A shoo-in for kids who prefer their beginning readers funny and action-packed." — Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Hi! Fly Guy:"Readers drawn by the flashy foil cover will stick around to applaud this unusually capable critter." — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2020-06-30
Arnold’s buzzworthy Fly Guy series gets another spinoff, this time co-starring Fly Girl.

One day, Buzz invites Fly Guy to go to the zoo, inspired by a book about wild animals. Elsewhere, Liz invites her insect pal, Fly Girl. The human-fly pairs collide on their way with a “WHAP” (the flies) and a “WHUMP” (the humans). Once recovered, they decide to continue to their outing together. Buzz and Liz break off to go see the spider monkeys and naked mole rats, leaving Fly Guy and Fly Girl on their own. The two flies go looking for lunch, finding things that are “sticky,” “slimy,” “slippery,” and “smelly.” Their alliterative adventure culminates in a “scary” exhibit of “Creatures of the Night” (or, from their perspective, a “dark, dark cave”). “Gulpz” after “Gulpzie,” the flies spook themselves silly as they meet each animal. They hide in a box for safety. But will their humans find them? Using fewer than 90 words and their variants—including some decoded “fly talk”—Arnold keeps the text easy to read. The quick pace, including some genuinely surprising page turns, ups the entertainment factor. It’s unfortunate, however, that Fly Girl is presented with gender stereotypes: She’s pink and wears a bow on one of her antennae. Both Buzz and Liz present White. (This book was reviewed digitally with 8.8-by-11.6-inch double-page spreads viewed at 25% of actual size.)

Readers will buzz to it like flies to manure. (Early reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews