Recommended Ages: Gr. K-1

Plot Summary:
Story 1 - Nice to "eat" you
Story 2 - Hi Fly, Bye Fly
Story 3 - Kiss
Story 4 - Good morning! (Dog and hog say shoo fly, but frog is happy to see fly
Story 5 - Competition (who can jump higher, run faster, who is yummier?)
Story 6 - Bear

Setting: no background except for story three which has a table in the foreground, and stories 5 and 6 which take place on grass

Characters:
Fly - always near the frog
Frog - loves to slurp the fly, teases the fly in some stories
Bear - eats frog at end
Dog and Hog in one story - tell fly to shoo

Recurring Themes: food, food chain, graphic novel,

Controversial Issues: frog gets eaten at the end by a bear

Personal Thoughts: This easy to read graphic novel is perfect for beginning readers because of the repetition of words, simple language, and helpful illustrations. Each story is 5-8 pages and contains roughly 7-11 frames with 1-2 sentences per frame. The stories are clever and entertaining.

Genre: graphic novel, fantasy (talking animals)

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Readalikes: Mo Willems (format, humor, beginning reader)

Illustrations - Each of the six stories has a different solid, textured background to help signify when the reader reaches the start of a new story. The animals are cartoony with large eyes and big smiles. ( )

Every fly had his day. ( )

i read 3 of the 6 stories for storytime. they are all cute, but some are easier to read aloud than others. ( )

Brief, cartoon like (word bubbles) ( )