Ride, Fly Guy, Ride! (Fly Guy Series #11)

by Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator)

Overview

The New York Times-bestselling Fly Guy series goes on an action-packed adventure by boat, train, plane, and beyond!

Dad takes Fly Guy and Buzz for a car ride, but in a funny and wacky turn of events, Fly Guy is blown out of the car window and into a passing truck, where he lands in the driver's mouth! The driver spits him out, and Fly Guy tumbles onto a boat. Fly Guy then winds up on a circus train with an elephant and then an airplane ... and he just misses taking off with a rocket ship!This easy-to-read adventure concludes with Buzz, Dad, and Fly Guy returning home on a bike. Fly Guy loves RIDEZZZ!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545222761
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2012
Series:	Fly Guy Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	52,705
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 8.66(h) x 0.34(d)
Lexile:	470L (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 Hi! Fly Guy"Readers drawn by the flashy foil cover will stick around to applaud this unusually capable critter." -Publishers WeeklyPraise for Super Fly Guy"A fly by delight." -BooklistPraise for Fly High, Fly Guy!"A shoo-in for kids who prefer their beginning readers funny and action-packed." -Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

A ride in the car has never been scarier—or this much fun When Buzz (the boy) and Fly Guy (the fly, naturally) decide to go for a ride with Dad, things get exciting for the littlest member of the family. The seatbelt proves a poor restraint for the insect, and he is whisked out the window and into a passing truck driver's mouth and out the window again ("PTOOIE!"). All this happens in the first 12 pages! Arnold's enormous-eyed humans mimic Fly Guy's ping-pong-ball eyes, showing dramatic changes from joy to fear to sadness. (Buzz's leaking half-staff eyes when Fly Guy is lost in space will make any reader pause in empathy.) This newest installment moves with the speed of Fly Guy's temporary vehicles: car, truck, boat, train, plane, rocket and, finally, bicycle. Using a variety of page designs to keep up with Fly Guy, Arnold is careful to make sure the young readers know where to look next. Some panels span the gutter, while others change perspective suddenly to mirror the action. 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. Keep flying, Fly Guy! (Early reader. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews