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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 crust"" ""of the Apple pie."" ""He bothered the Baby"" ""and made her cry."" ""Shoo fly!"" ""Shoo fly!"" ""Shooo."""

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Aylesworth's buoyant, rhythmic verse provides inspiration for a wondrous evolution of Gammell's style.... Sheer delight for eyes, ears, and funny-bones. <br>-- Kirkus Reviews , pointer<br>

Old black fly's been/buzzin' around...And he's had a very/busy bad day, begins this alphabetical litany of misdemeanors ( He frolicked on the Eggs/for the birthday cake./He licked up the Frosting,/for goodness sake./Shoo fly!/Shoo fly!/Shooo ). Having troubled the entire household and lit on the List of groceries (all of which turn up elsewhere), the fly Zzzz 's onto a table where he comes to a just end: the baby drops the cake on him. Aylesworth's buoyant, rhythmic verse provides inspiration for a wondrous evolution of Gammell's style. Framing the book in dramatic fly-black endpapers, he intensifies his trademark rainbow colors, laying them on a white ground in vibrant clouds, flinging them in ebullient splatters signifying the mess and confusion in the fly's wake, and counterpointing the impressionistic setting with precisely observed characters and details: an outraged cat, Gramma's wizened face, the hairy, red-eyed culprit. Sheer delight for eyes, ears, and funnybones. (Kirkus Reviews)

Aylesworth&#8217;s buoyant, rhythmic verse provides inspiration for a wondrous evolution of Gammell&#8217;s style.... Sheer delight for eyes, ears, and funny-bones. <br>-- Kirkus Reviews , pointer<br>

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"Jim Aylesworth taught the first grade for more than twenty years. He has written more than twenty books for young readers, including ""My Son John"" and ""McGraw's Emporium."" He lives in Hinsdale, Illinois, with his wife. Stephen Gammell has illustrated many books for children. He won the Caldecott Medal for ""Song and Dance Man."" Stephen Gammell lives in St. Paul, Minnesota."

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