Though the pet show judges tell Buzz that flies don't qualify as pets, Fly Guy rises to the occasion and wows the judges with various feats, clinching the prize for smartest pet. In one of the book's funniest pictures, Fly Guy is dwarfed by the hot dog Buzz places in his jar, most of which he happily consumes. After the infuriated insect stomps his foot and says, 'Buzz!' the amazed boy replies, 'You know my name! You are the smartest pet in the world!' Buzz shows his new pet, which he names Fly Guy, to his parents his father announces that flies are pests and grabs a swatter-until the sly fly lands on Buzz's nose and calls him by name. The two equally and comically bug-eyed beings meet when the fly collides with the human hero's nose ('boink') and the lad captures it in a glass jar. At the same time, 'A boy went walking.' The winged fellow is looking for food and the boy is searching for a critter for the upcoming Amazing Pet Show. Scholastic/Cartwheel, $5.99 (32p) ISBN 3-4 A fly went flying,' opens Arnold's (Parts) brief, playful tale, structured in three chapters. Any similarity to Ezra Jack Keats's Pet Show! (1972) is surely coincidental.

A pop-eyed, self-confident mite in Arnold's droll cartoon illustrations, Fly Guy's up to any challenge, whether it be eating a hot dog (well, most of it, anyway), or performing amazing aerial acrobatics readers drawn by the flashy foil cover will stick around to applaud this unusually capable critter. PW HI! FLY GUY Author: Arnold, Tedd Review Date: JPublisher:Cartwheel/Scholastic Pages: 32 Price (hardback): $5.99 Publication Date: 0:00:00 ISBN: 3-4 ISBN (hardback): 3-4 Category: CHILDREN'S Pest-or Pet? A fly changes some minds in this diminutive tale-first, by astounding the lad who captures him in a jar ('BUZZ!' 'You know my name! You are the smartest pet in the world!'), then, thanks to some fancy flying, by convincing the lad's parents and ultimately even the judges of the Amazing Pet Show that he's more than just a nuisance.

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