Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

 

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. Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth illustrated by Stephen Gammell was published in 1992. This book won Minnesota Book Award for Younger Children in 1993. 

This is such a huge surprising little book. This book surprised me by being an alphabet of sorts. It's one of those books that goes by alphabet order in it and it just catches you off guard. Cassie really liked this game and all the funny things that the fly did. I don't think she noticed that the everyone was in alphabet order so that part of the book might be better for older child. The illustrations in this book are colorful and really draw the attention of the child that is being read it. The book was easy to read aloud, I had no trouble stumbling over words. I recommend this book to upper preschool to kindergarteners. 

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