Independent Reading Level: Grade PK - 3
Awards/Honors: ALAN award, Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book, School Library Journal, Starred Review ( )

Hi! Fly Guy is formatted with pictures and very little words. Its a good transition for students moving into chapter books. I would have this in a 2nd grade and up classroom to build skills of reading chapter books. I think this book can be a good partner read. This book shows the humorous relationship between a boy and a fly with little words and illustrations. ( )

1. I would recommend this book to 1st or 2nd graders. Or students whoa re just beginning to read chapter books.
2.In this book a boy bumps into a fly and the boy is amazed because the fly can say his name "Buzz" they become quite good friends. He needed a pet for a pet show kind of thing for class so he used the fly as his pet. The students make fun of him originally then he ends up showing him cool flying tricks and he ends up winning the smartest pet award.
3. I would recommend this book to younger students. It has an easier to follow plot as well as a silly and engaging book.

This is a short chapter book about a kid named Buzz looking for a pet. He catches a fly and names him fly guy, to enter the pet show. He is told flies can't be pets and gets sad, but fly guy impresses the judges and wins an award. I think that this would be a good book for primary school kids, to learn how to read chapter books. It also tells the message to not give up.

This cute book is about a guy names Buzz and his new pet fly. Buzz was looking for a new pet and caught fly, although fly was not happy, until Buzz fed him food. They qualified for the pet show after fly did some awesome tricks! This made everyone very happy.

I think this book would be very helpful for a primary age to help with developing readers 2. This is a fun and easy read for students to read easy words, but also to look at picture to help them see more meaning to the text.

This book would be appropriate for intermediate readers or primary readers if read aloud.
This book is about a boy named Buzz and his newly found pet fly named Fly Guy who he attempts to enter into a pet show.
This book would be useful in helping students transition out of picture books.

This book is good for students at an intermediate level. A boy runs into a fly and keeps it in his jar, where he discovers that it can say his name, "Buzz". Everyone tells him that flies are not pets; they are pests, but the fly proves them wrong and wins an award for being the smartest pet. I would introduce this book into my classroom when I feel like my students are ready to start diving into chapter books. ( )

Independent Reading Level: First Grade
Awards: ALA's Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor (2006), ALSC Notable Children's Books (2006)

Boy befriends a fly and makes it a pet to win a contest.

Independent Reading Level:Level L
Awards: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award , Easy Fiction , 2006
SMART Book Award , Children's Book , 2012
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award , None , 2006 ( )

this is a very easy read and it talks about friendship so would be good for beginner readers. I would use this in the first few weeks of school for kinders, the reason for this is because they are easy reads and good to uplift kids.

This book would be best for grades 1-2. It is about how a little boy needs a pet for the talent show and everyone claims a fly isnt a pet but he ends up winning an award ( )

A simple and cute story of a boy who goes looking for a pet and finds a friend. Great 'chapter' book for those beginning to read. ( )

A creative beginning to a comedic series. ( )

This is a cute book about a boy and his pet fly. The two break stereotypes and become good friends. This is the first of a series of early reader chapter books about Fly Guy and his owner Buzz. I would recommend this book for second through third graders. ( )

This is a beginning level chapter book, a part of the fly guy series. I think this is great for students to have a humorous read about a boy named Buzz who keeps Fly Guy as a pet. The boy and Fly Guy become friends. It is a wholesome read and a great entry level read for chapter book reading. It is a good series to transition to when you want more text. ( )

This is a beginning chapter book about a boy named Buzz and his pet fly Fly Guy. The two of them enter a pet show and Buzz is told that a fly is not a pet. Fly Guy proves himself to be worthy of the title of pet. This is a great introduction to chapter books and makes a good first chapter book. This is appropriate for any child that is ready to transition out of picture books and start reading more complex text. First and second graders would enjoy this series. This is not a read aloud book as it has not educational advantage besides building reading skills. ( )

This is the first book in the Fly Guy series and would be a great book for students who are transitioning into reading chapter books. It is a fun read and has humor in the way that the story is told, which would make it engaging for early intermediate readers or upper primary. The book has a lot of pictures, which give the reader context of what is going on, and the words are spaced out, which makes it easy to follow along. ( )

This book is an early intermediate level read for the people who are transitioning into reading chapter books. This is a great read that is fun and interesting filled with humor to intrigue readers to start reading chapter books. This one is an introduction to the fly and his owner. This is one of the first books in the series of fly guy ( )

In this first installment of a numerous-part series, this short story about a fly is perfect for beginning readers who are looking to step into chapter books for the first time. The language is incredibly simple to digest and the chapters are short so they do not drag on for long. This is a story that can be quickly grown out of, however, and will not be suited for more advanced readers or readers who are more exposed to chapter books. This is a story best suited to young children who are venturing into this genre for the first time. If I was teaching younger children, however, this is definitely a story that I would recommend having the children read on their own time or aloud to the whole class.

This book would work well for primary students. In this book, a boy and his friend fly, play a game of hide and go seek. The fly hides in a trash-can and unexpectedly is taken to the dump, where the boy searches for him among the hundreds of other flies, until he finally finds him. This book is helpful because of the large and comprensible words, and the many pictures. I would have this book in my classroom library and encourage students to read the series it comes from, if they are interested.

For beginning readers. It tells the story of a fly who proves that it can be a pet. Despite what society thinks the fly and its friend enter a competition to win best pet. This book is perfect to introduce students to chapter books in a way that is fun and engaging. ( )

This book is suitable for primary grades. It is about a fly who hears again and again that he can not be a pet. But, the fly proves everyone wrong by displaying how smart he is. This book is a great example of rising above the labels others put on you. It reflects how proving others false opinions wrong can push away those stereotypes. I would use this book in my classroom as a way to give students a sense of confidence and independence in their reading. This is a great book for letting children read independently. It is also useful because it conveys to children that labels are just labels and can be proven wrong. ( )

Primary. A kid name Buzz meets a fly who can say his name (bzz), so he decides to keep him as a pet, and later enters him into the pet show and wins smartest pet. This book would be good to help kids get into reading chapter books or books that are in a series, which in turn gets them to read more.

I really loved these books as a kid and they helped make the transition from picture books to chapter books much easier. By introducing "chapters" and giving that sense of reading a chapter book can help students gain confidence in this category. The book is super silly and follows a boy as he befriends a fly and develops a friendship with him as they win a prize at a pet contest after proving that the fly is in fact a pet. ( )