Product Description

Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him! Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food. He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could possibly be! Why, it's shoo-fly pie, of course!

Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling author/illustrator Tedd Arnold creates an easy reader that is full of fun. With an eye-catching holographic foil cover, this is the third in a series of four books.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23969 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2–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 isnt oozy, lumpy, or smelly. But it was brown. Close enough! Then the boy who is about to 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.–Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT
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About the Author
Ted Arnold is the author/illustrator of many bestselling children’s books, including No Jumping on the Bed, Green Wilma, Parts, and for Scholastic, Five Ugly Monsters and Catalina Magdalena. Mr. Arnold lives in Elmira, New York.

Customer Reviews

Accidental discovery.
Shoo Fly guy is a cute little story about a boy and his pet fly. The boy goes on a picnic and the fly tries to find him.

My daughter liked following his fly patterns and the stuff he visits.

I was a little concerned about one incident where he goes by a road kill frog. But she is fascinated by death for some reason(we lost a cat) so it didn't bother her.

On thing she did like is where the author describes the last effort and draws a random fly pattern that involves saying "and on" 30 times.

Overall a fun read!

Great for below-grade-level readers
The Fly Guy books have been great for my daughter. She is mildly autistic, so her reading level is around kindergarten even though she is in third grade. She often feels that the books at her level are babyish or boring. Fly Guy is funny and disgusting and very appealing to her. She also likes the idea of reading a real "chapter book". This book especially makes good use of repeating somewhat difficult words in the same phrases, so she can read faster as the book goes on. Thanks Tedd Arnold, and please write many more!

Excellent series of books by Tedd Arnold
All the Fly Guy books have become extremely popular during bedtime reading in our house. Both my 5 and 6 year old love them. They are all very funny. I would recommend you buy all three books and read them in order. The first book introduces the two characters (Fly Guy and Buzz) and explains how they became friends.
They were our favorite books until we bought The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend, which is our current favorite.