Old Black Fly/illustrated children's book

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	• Old Black Fly (An Owlet Book) Jim Aylesworth Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1995 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

fly germs

I think the most wonderful part of this book (in response to a 2 star review) is that, after reading it, you feel like there are "fly germs everywhere!" When we read this aloud in my preschool class, the kids loved pointing out the yucky stuff on every page and when I banged the book shut to "squash" the fly and quietly opened up the book, hysterical giggles abounded. This book is great for eliciting student participation (repetition in "Shoo fly...") and for developing inference abilities at a VERY early age ("What do you think happened to the fly?" after I slam the book shut).

Whether you happen to "like" the words, flow, or illustrations, in my experience, young children do and gain a lot of out reading this book together.

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Great sing song book

I first found this book in the library with my daughter and I've continued the tradition with my son (in fact, I bought this book for a friend and only go to library with children to read it).

With wacky pictures and sing-song text, we follow the adventures of a bothersome fly until he meets his doom with a properly placed whack.

If you can find the rhythm in the words, you can work up a nice flow and even have your child(ren) participate as there's a part that's just great for kids to say outloud. So, while it's a great listen for kids, they can be in on the reading, too. Even if they can't read yet.

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Old Black Fly/illustrated children's book

This would be a book for select children and adults.
Some people might be put off by the illustrations with their wonderful, unruly watercolor quality and might think it to be sinister.
I found it to be amusing when I thought of the matching of images and the song-like rhythmn of the story as making it all work together.
Some of my favorite children will want us to read this to them many times. They will likely give it a "9" because they can begin to sing and dance with it.

Great for music class

I was an elementary music teacher and used this book in the lower grades. The children loved the pictures and singing the words of the first page periodically throughout the book. I used it to demonstrate alphabet, singing skills, steady beat, dynamics (loud and soft), etc. We laughed hysterically at Mama's hair, the parrot's belly button, Grandma's face, and the baby's drooping diaper. This book was great for making learning a game.

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Shoo Fly! Shoooo

Every year I read this to my first grade students. The silly antics of the fly are enjoyable. My kids are encouraged to chant out The "shoo fly" part through out the story. Stephen Gammell's illustrations are colorful and energetic and grab your attention.

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Nothing drives a family crazy faster than an old black fly on a hot summer day, especially when the family's a little crazy already. And this fly is as bad as they come. He knows every low-down trick in the book--and won't rest until he's gone through them all. He ate on the crustof the Apple pie.He bothered the Babyand made her cry.Shoo fly!Shoo fly!Shooo.

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