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Old Black Fly
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 129 Ratings and 55 Reviews

Book Description
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 crust
of the Apple pie.
He bothered the Baby
and made her cry.
Shoo fly!
Shoo fly!
Shooo.
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Book Information
PublisherHenry Holt & Company, Inc.
BindingPaperback (14 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-100805039244
ISBN-13978-0805039245
Publication Date03/15/1995
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About Jim Aylesworth (Author) : Jim Aylesworth is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jim Aylesworth include The Gingerbread Man, Little Bitty Mousie.
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About Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) : Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Stephen Gammell grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. He claims that his new book, Hey, Pancakes!, is very representative of his early family life. His father was an art e... more
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2/21/2008 Valerie Coulman said: Absolutely the best alphabet-style book I know! The illustrations are absolutely outstanding and the story is a funny one that kids love to follow!
tags: Inspired me, I recommend, I read

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