The Fly

Reviewed by: Joanne Libby - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 12, 2015

Review

This book is narrated by a housefly as it commiserates its day trying to avoid being killed by those who would like to do away with it. A little boy and a flyswatter are the other main characters(?) The book is very clever as the illustrations show the fly on top of the ceiling and also almost within reach of a frog's tongue. There are two pages that are contoured to accentuate the shape of the flyswatter. The text is all over the page as it follows the fly's path.

Overall Book Score: very good

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About the Book

Author:

Horacek, Petr

Illustrator: Horacek, Peter

Illustration Quality: excellent

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Book Type: picture book fiction

Genre:

Audience: preschool,grades k-3

Binding Type: reinforced trade binding

Binding Quality: very good

ISBN: 9780763674809

Price: 14.99