about the book
Fed up with all the love that butterflies get in school and how much time kids spend on studying them, Fly decides to take matters into his own hands.
After all, flies are just as interesting as butterflies, he says. They can flap their wings 200 times a second! (Butterflies only get five to twelve flaps a second. Slow-pokes!) Baby flies, maggots, are way cuter than caterpillars also. (Right? Right??) And when flies eat their food, how cool is it that they throw up on it in order to liquify it, so then they can slurp it up? Butterflies don’t eat their food like that!
There are so many interesting things to learn about flies. What are these kids waiting for? Turn from butterflies, embrace the flies!
about the author
If any thing, Bridget Heos’ life is proof of the power of stories. She likes telling about herself in stories:
Story One: Bridget found Fuzzy Wuzzy the caterpillar on a family vacation when Bridget was little. She decided that the way Fuzzy Wuzzy’s body resembled a number “1” meant it was his first birthday. Her family shocked her when they followed through with it, bringing cake and gifts and everything. From this experience, Bridget learned that stories matter.
Another Story: Since her father genetically ruined her chances of becoming a Broadway singer, having drunk some of his mother’s French perfume when just a child (thereby ruining Bridget’s voice before she was even born), Bridget turned to writing and acting in plays instead. She and a friend turned Sid Fleischman’s The Whipping Boy into a musical, with songs by Weird Al Yankovic as the score. They weren’t quite old enough to realize that copyright was a thing, so the play never went pro. Obviously.
A Third Story: High school and college went by and Bridget grew up and had a family, consisting of a husband, three sons, and a daughter. In this story she also became a children’s book writer, which was her second dream job as a child (her first, to be a singer, being genetically crushed before she was born). Today Bridget has over 60 books to her credit.
Source:
Author website
Also by Bridget Heos:
The Monstrous Manners series. Amicus Publishing. 2015-2016.
The Do You Really Want a Pet? series. Amicus Publishing. 2013-2016.
The Do You Really Want to Visit…? series. Amicus Publishing. 2014-2015.
Mustache Baby Meets His Match. Clarion. 2015.
The Be Safe! series. Amicus Publishing. 2015.
The Make Money! series. Amicus Publishing. 2014.
Mustache Baby. Clarion. 2013.
about the illustrator
Jennifer Plecas is an illustrator, writer, and a designer. She has over 30 children’s picture books and early readers to her credit. She also works on patterns, illustration, design, and hand-lettering for paper and gift products, apparel, and textiles.
Source:
Illustrator website
Also by Jennifer Plecas:
The Basket Ball by Esme Raji Codell. Abrams Books for Young Readers. 2011.
Emma’s Strange Pet (I Can Read Book : Level 3) by Jean Little. Harper Collins. 2003.
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