Hooray for Fly Guy! (Fly Guy #6) - Hardcover

Arnold, Tedd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545007240 ISBN 13: 9780545007245

Publisher: Cartwheel Books, 2008

Synopsis

Children will laugh out loud at the story and pictures in this sixth book in the easy-to-read Fly Guy series!

"Flies can't play football," says the coach. But Fly Guy and Buzz are determined to prove him wrong. New readers will experience both pride and delight as they read the simple text and look at the funny pictures of Fly Guy trying to kick a football, go out for a pass, and tackle his friend Buzz. In the end Fly Guy scores and gets to do his hilarious touchdown dance.Hooray for Fly Guy!

About this title

About the Author

TEDD ARNOLD is the bestselling author and illustrator of the Fly Guy 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 and I Spy Fly Guy!. Tedd lives with his wife, Carol, in Florida.

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 2—It's football season, and Buzz's team, the Go-Getters, needs one more player. Fly Guy, Buzz's pet fly, tries out but cannot kick the ball, catch a pass, or tackle. The coach fills the spot and, at the big game, the Go-Getters score; then their opponents score—again and again. With only one second left and the new player hurt, Fly Guy is sent onto the field. He and Buzz put their secret plan into action, which involves the nose of the opposing team's quarterback. The pencil and watercolor cartoon illustrations feature exaggerated eyes and great expressions. This easy reader is chock-full of humor.—Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OH
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When Buzz’s football team is short one player before the big game, he offers his loyal pet, Fly Guy. Coach can’t hide his guffaws as the plucky insect tries out, attempting (and failing) to kick the ball, catch it, and tackle a player. Still, Fly Guy wins a seat on the bench, and Buzz makes him a tiny helmet. Together they plan a secret play and a touchdown dance, just in case. The football theme, simple vocabulary, and comical pictures will encourage many beginning readers to give this amusing book a try. Arnold’s cartoon-style drawings and squiggly-line shading make the artwork expressive as well as energetic. From the series that began with Geisel Honor title  Hi! Fly Guy (2005), this will please beginning readers as well as their younger siblings. Preschool-Grade 1. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: Cartwheel Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545007240
• ISBN 13: 9780545007245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Arnold Tedd
• Number of pages: 32