Fly Guy Presents: Dogs

by Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator)

Overview

Fly Guy is buzzing to learn all about dogs!

While visiting a dog show, Buzz and Fly Guy learn all about man's best friend! From exploring different breeds, to famous dogs throughout history, to learning all about working dogs and more, there's plenty for the best friends to explore.

Award-winning author-illustrator Tedd Arnold brings nonfiction to life for beginning readers in the next book in the kid-favorite Fly Guy Presents series. There are humorous illustrations and engaging photographs throughout!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338681796
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/18/2022
Series:	Fly Guy Presents Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	60,193
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Tedd Arnold is the bestselling author and illustrator of the Fly Guy (Zig Zag et Zazie) 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 (Salut Zig Zag!) and I Spy Fly Guy! (Où es-tu Zig Zag?). Tedd lives with his wife, Carol, in Florida.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Fly Guy Presents: Castles:

"This nonfiction series entry with its holographic foil cover is fun and informative for Arnold fans." — Booklist

Praise for Fly Guy Presents: Weather:

"The humor and fun will spark curiosity in students needing a bit more jazz in their nonfiction... A worthy introduction to weather for lower elementary students." — School Library Journal

Praise for Fly Guy Presents: Bats:

"Sure to fly off library shelves." — School Library Journal

Praise for Fly Guy Presents: Sharks:

"A first-rate sharkfest." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

09/01/2022

Gr 1–4—Arnold's informational series "Fly Guy Presents" offers an easy reader book about dogs. It starts when a boy called Buzz, and his pet, Fly Guy, arrive at a dog show. From then, these two characters amuse readers with dog-related jokes, while the text provides information about a variety of dogs using a first-person narrative style. Readers will learn that dalmatians are known as "coach dogs," because they were bred to guard horses and coaches; the chow chow and the Chinese shar-pei have blue-black tongues; and that greyhounds can run as fast as 35 miles per hour for up to seven miles. Easy-to-read paragraphs with medium-size white or black font are set to backgrounds that span from notebook pages to purple- and blue-colored settings. The mixed-media illustrations, arranged around the text in collage-style art, support the content with photos, black-and-white or color, of different sizes. These depict a variety of dog breeds, which sounds staid, but the artwork gives the presentation a vitality that will keep readers turning the pages. Jokes are set in text bubbles, and fun facts are organized in simulated sticky notes. This book could be used during a group activity on types of mammals in a social studies unit. The back matter contains tips for choosing the perfect pet and suggests adopting from an animal shelter. VERDICT A fun-to-read informational book for emerging readers who happens to be nuts about dogs.—Kathia Ibacache

School Library Journal