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    Diary Of A Fly
    Diary Of A Fly
    Diary Of A Fly
    Audiobook9 minutes

    Diary Of A Fly

    Written by Doreen Cronin

    Narrated by Abigail Breslin

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    About this audiobook

    This beloved, award-winning author, who has made us chuckle while capturing the essence of childhood and family life, discusses his art and inspiration.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWeston Woods
    Release dateJan 1, 2008
    ISBN9780545830935
    Diary Of A Fly
    Author

    Doreen Cronin

    Doreen Cronin is the author of many bestselling and New York Times bestselling picture books, including Click, Clack, Quack to School!; Click, Clack, Surprise!; Click, Clack, Ho, Ho, Ho; Click, Clack, Peep; Click, Clack, Boo!; Dooby Dooby Moo; Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure; Bounce; Wiggle; Duck for President; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Bloom; and the Caldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type as well as The Chicken Squad series and Cyclone. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at DoreenCronin.com.

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    • 3/5
      Summary: In this book, a fly is the main character. She writes in her diary daily to tell us about what she learned in school, what she wishes she could be and who she talks to. Basically, this story tells the life of an average fly! Personal Reaction: This book is actually very informative at the same time it is interestingly animated. The pictures of the flies, spiders and worms up close were a bit freaky though! Classroom Extensions: 1. I would have the students create a timeline of an actual fly's life. 2. This would also be a great opportunity to have the students write about their average day descriptively.
    • 4/5
      Fly journals about various things that happen in her life, such as the first day of school, a babysitter coming over to watch her and her siblings, hanging out with her best friends Worm and Spider, and dreaming about being a superhero.One thing I didn't like about this book is it just seemed to start in the middle of the action without any kind of introduction. I didn't know that it was the third book in a loose series, so that could perhaps be part of the reason why, but I still found it abrupt. Some of the jokes and other content in the book require a bit of knowledge about insect life, so this may not be the best book for the youngest readers, unless you are up to the task of explaining a lot to them before they get it.On the plus side, kudos to Ms. Cronin for giving us a female protagonist, unlike what happens in sooo many other children's books where even the animal main characters are male. I also enjoyed the lesson weaved throughout about enjoying one's own special talents as more than enough, without necessarily needing to have special 'powers' seen in idealized others. In addition, Fly does write a lot about things that elementary school-age children can easily identify with, such as worrying about fitting in at school. And, the book is quite funny if you have the basic background to get the jokes. There is also a lot of information about flies contained within its pages, so children (and possibly adults) might learn quite a bit with this entertaining read.
    • 4/5
      Summary: This book is written like a diary from the point of view of a fly. The fly talks about her first day of school and many interesting adventures after that with her siblings and her friends, Spider and Worm. Fly talks about school and learning how to fly and land on moving targets. She also talks about having 327 brothers and sisters which seems to make her life a little crazy. Later we find out that Fly wants to be a superhero but others keep telling her that she can't be a superhero because she is a fly. Finally her friend Worm convinces her that everyone can be a hero in their own way. Throughout the story we also learn many facts about flies like how they have 4,000 lenses in each eye and jump backward when they start flying.Review: I thought this book was well written and that young audiences would be very entertained by it. This would be a great resource to use when introducing the concept of a timeline or journal writing to students. The author did a really good job of keeping the story light and amusing which I think helps to draw the reader in. In this case the text seems to support the illustrations instead of the other way around. The illustrations are bight and colorful and fit with the text effortlessly. I liked how on the one page the author chose to have the text and pictures be vertical to give you a new perspective. This book is wonderfully written and I think that any young child would enjoy reading it.
    • 2/5
      Probably the only time I'd be interested in reading this book to children is if I was teaching a unit on insects. It lost me at the phrase "regurgitated food."
    • 4/5
      This book is a story of a young fly’s life documented in her diary. It is appropriate for young elementary children Pre-k-3rd grade. It’s as fun as it is full of interesting information about the fly. The illustration is very colorful. It keeps young children entertained as they learn about and other insects such as fly’s best friends worm and spider. I give this book a 4 out of 5 because it’s very entertaining to young children and the clever ways it relates to the real world of a child.
    • 5/5
      The Diary of a Fly shows day to day life in a fly's eyes. This book is not just creative and cute, it includes plenty of facts about flies. The author uses very cute ways and illustrations to tell the story of the fly. The style of the book and the setup are also neat and different. This book would be great to read to a class when discussing insects.
    • 5/5
      The book, Diary of a Fly, is written from a fly’s point of view. The narrator describes their daily events in the format of diary entries. I truly enjoyed reading this book and I believe younger audiences will too. This story provides fun facts about flies easy enough for young children to understand and laugh at, an example of this would be the average speed of a fly is 4.5 mph. This book could be used in either a since classroom when studying insects or in a writing classroom when introducing daily journal entries. The illustrations are colorful and bright easily catching any child’s eye. The text and illustrations supported one another allowing the reader to follow along with the story through the images. I found this book to be beautifully written and a joy to read. I know children of all ages would enjoy reading this light hearted, surprisingly informational book.
    • 3/5
      Fly is friends with a spider and documents his day events in the form of a diary Told from the perspective of Fly and author does provide factual information about anatomy of fly and other facts. The book is humorist but also is demonstrating a literary practice of documenting personal life.The illustrations are really good but also the dynamics between the Fly and Spider are also something needed for discussion. Science, environment and diary
    • 5/5
      She is trying to escape her 327 brothers and sisters and become her own person while wanting to become a superhero.
    • 5/5
      Diary of a fly was a good book because it combined informational text with an interesting story. The story is written in diary form, which helps to give the fly personality. Every page or two starts a new entry that is shown by the date at the top. Not only does this help give the fly personality but it also helps organize the book into different informational topics. The first entry is the fly thinking of the first day of school and what people will eat, the next page is a new entry she talks about how all the flies and the same thing, and then the following page is about what she learned in flight class. While the story is a narrative from the flies perspective it also has information about flies within the entries. For example, the fly talks about how she learned in flight class that flies are the most accomplished fliers on the planet and then she says “our average speed is 4.5 mph. Leap backward when taking off.” which is something the reader may not have known before. The author does this throughout the book, which makes the story more valuable to the reader. The illustrations also make the story more enjoyable because it makes the insects more humanlike, to add even more personality. The main fly is always wearing a bow, and her friend, worm, is always wearing a red hat, along with the flies family wearing different kinds of hats. I also like the meaning of the book and that is that no matter how small you are, there is something that makes you special. This is portrayed because the fly wants to be a superhero but her friend, spider, shoots her down saying she cant bend metal and her brain is smaller than superheroes. Once she feels like she cant do it, worm tells her that “the world needs all kinds of heroes” and this makes her feel like a superhero again.
    • 4/5
      In this modern fantasy, we go through the diary of a fly. It starts off with him starting school, and continues on through his life. We see how he is at home, and with his friends (worm). We see throughout the book different accounts of different days that the fly is experiencing. It is a cool book to read, because you could use this as a way to teach journaling to kids.
    • 4/5
      Clever and funny with just a hint of information to keep it educationally valuable. Good diary text.
    • 2/5
      This just wasn't as much of a hit as Diary of a Worm. I didn't laugh once.
    • 3/5
      This book was good and will make a great read aloud. The kids love it but it is not necessarily a great quality book. It does have academic facts in it which means I will be reading it in my own classroom. I would encourage you to take a look at it and enjoy the humor.
    • 5/5
      Summary:This story was about a fly that is starting school who wants to fit in and he also wants to be a super hero. His friend keeps telling him super heroes bend steel with their bare hands, which he could never end up doing since he was just a fly. He soon realizes the world needs all types of heroes. The story is portrayed as a diary and it has day by day entries of the experiences the fly has.Personal Reaction:I read this book about three or four times and I could keep reading it more. I learned so much about flies and how they fly, how they eat, how their eyes work, and about the food chain. This was an educational book as well as a comedy.Classroom Extension Ideas:1. This would be a great book to teach students about flies because it is very educational and very funny at the same time.2. The pictures in this book show great detail, since it is from a flies prospective everything is very large. It could teach the students to see the detail in simple stuff that they encounter rather than just overlooking it.
    • 4/5
      Fly writes in her diary about her first day of school and babysitter troubles. She has 327 brothers and sisters that are always busy doing things that flies do, but fly wants to become a superhero. Fly isn't sure if she can handle the job, but her friends Worm and Spider convince her she is special enough.
    • 3/5
      This modern fantasy story is about a fly who is in flight school. The fly learns many things about flying and decides he wants to be a superhero. Everyone tells the fly that he is too small and not smart enough to be a superhero. The fly learns that superheros come in any shape or size.I liked this book because it is different and is a good read aloud. I also thought it was neat to see the world from the fly's point of view.This would be a good book to read while doing a section on insects because this book gives alot of facts about flies. Also, I would have the students make a list of all of their own individual characteristics and have each student share why he or she is unique and special.
    • 5/5
      Fly tells his story of what his life is like being a fly. Reading Diary of a Fly, you will learn that flies have 4,000 lenses in each eye and they can beat their wings 200 times per second. The book also includes friendships and relationships with siblings. This is a fun book that teaches children about flies and how they spend their day.
    • 5/5
      A book about the life of a fly from the first person view of a fly. Readers can learn a lot of interesting facts from this book as a fly writes about his days.Reading this book I learned a lot about flies and so did Andy. The pictures were interesting and the author did a great job getting into the mind of a fly.In the classroom I would use this book as a way to introduce a different way to represent facts. This book presented facts through a fictional story. I would have students create a short story using facts they research of an animal of interest.
    • 5/5
      Great illustrations and imagry in combination with an entertaining story line of an uncommonly loved insect. I could spend much time exploring the pictures in this book.
    • 5/5
      Summary:This is a childrens book about a fly's diary and how he attends school. He talks about how he wants to be a superhero and how he goes through school and plays with his friends. Personal Reaction:I loved this book. I thought it was very cute and funny. I could see how kids could find it humorous also. Classroom Extension Ideas:1. I could have the children write their own diaries for a week and see how their lives are.2. Read aloud the book and then open up a discussion over insects.
    • 4/5
      This book is great for young readers. It is informative and also funny. The dreams of becoming a superhero but everyone says he is too little, but the fly is still determined. He comes to the realization that super heros come in all sizes.
    • 3/5
      Following up on their earlier Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider, author/illustrator team Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss present the diary of Fly in this third picture-book. Opening in June, this chronicle of an insect's life follows Fly as she heads to school for the first time, as she plays with her many siblings, and as she spends time with her friends Worm and Spider. Throughout it all, her ever-present desire to be a superhero crops up, eventually finding support when Worm observes that the world needs all kinds of heroes...Like its predecessors, Diary of a Fly pairs an engaging and humorous tale, one which blends fictional story and informative text, with colorful and appealing artwork. I appreciated the way that Doreen Cronin worked in so many facts about flies in her narrative, and was amused by the continuation of the Spider-Fly tensions begun in Diary of a Spider. When Grandpa Spider, on record in the earlier book as being distinctly unfriendly to insects (especially flies!) explains to Fly that she is an important part of the food chain, she is initially quite pleased. Then Worm explains what that really means, and she is less thrilled. As with the earlier books, I enjoyed the decorative end-papers here, and found Harry Bliss's artwork quite amusing. Recommended to anyone who enjoyed the earlier two diaries, and to anyone looking for children's books that blend fictional and informative elements in an entertaining way.
    • 5/5
      Summary:Diary of a fly is a story about a fly who desires to be a superhero. In the beginning of the story, a little fly is writing his daily diary. He begins his dairy on the first day of school writing about everything he sees. He speaks of the regurgitated food he was afraid that no one ate besides him. Soon he realizes that everyone eats the same kind of food. Throughout the book he speaks of different funny events that occur at home with his family of flies or his friends the spider and the worm. The story is depicted from the point of view of the fly. Fly gives different facts about his eyes, speed of flight, and fear of frogs. At the end of the story, fly realizes he can be the superhero the world needs.Personal Reaction: I really liked this picture book because it was the funniest story I have ever read. I loved this book so much that I checked it out of my professor’s library to read, read, and read again. I love the illustration of the pages. The pictures are full of vibrant colors and look as if they were painted on the pages. As I read this story, I felt as if I was a fly seeing and feeling everything the “fly” spoke of. I had the opportunity to read this book to different age groups of children and they loved it. Reading this book opened a dialogue for the children and me to talk about facts for flies. I journal everyday and as I laughed at fly's entries, I began to wonder if someone could read my entries they would laugh at some of the things I write as well. Classroom Extension Ideas:1.) The teacher can create a diary wall. Students can write down things they observe throughout the day that may be similar or different from flies. Those observations can be written on miniature fly cutouts and placed on the diary wall.2.) The students can do a book report on the Diary of a Fly, answering questions with answers that were read in the book. The teacher can provide different scrapbook material for the students to decorate the report to display on the diary wall. 3.) The teacher can collect maggots and allow children the opportunity to watch how maggots turn into flies. This can be used as a science lesson.
    • 2/5
      This is a book about a fly that is in flight school. While in flight school, he realizes that he shoud become a superhero because he can do so many unique things.I liked this book becasue it showed the flys perspective about thating. I also liked it because it had some information that I didnt know about flys.In the classroom i would make a chart of all things that flys ccan do. Another thing i would do is have the children write down a unique fact about themselves and discuss that it is okay to be different.
    • 5/5
      Diary of a fly is all about what a fly sees and what they go through everyday. In a creative way it gave facts about flies that children could understand in a humorous way. For example: the main fly was taking his schools pictures, but he said he didn't know where to look with all of his eyes. His mother told him next time all his eyes better be looking in the same direction. Throughout the whole book cute examples were in the story. This book would be a great science book for children to read and maybe even do a science project about flies or just a book report on the story itself.
    • 4/5
      a nice little story about the every day life of a fly
    • 4/5
      Summary:The life of a young fly, his friends and his family. The obstacles he comes across and thoughts he has can easily relate to young children. He goes to school, has brothers and sisters, baby sitters, fear and many other human like traits. Even when people doubt him he shows them that no matter ones size, shape or stereotype they can be whoever they want to be.Personal reaction:Parts of this story had me literally laughing out loud. It's clever, funny, encouraging and informative all in one.Class extensions:If you have an insect unit this book is perfect! It has many facts about flies, you could have a printed picture of a fly for your students with facts on one side of the paper. Whatever facts they hear you read they can circle them as you go.It's moral of anyone can be or do whatever they want when they grow up you can make a goal/career list with your students.
    • 4/5
      This fictional diary of a fly contains random facts about flies, their life cycles, and habits, and presents it in a humorous way so that students won't realize they're learning new information while reading.
    • 5/5
      This is my kind of book! The book is written in a diary format but it is a higher level of reading. It uses words and phrases that relate to flies, that would need to be taught to the students. The jokes are funnier once you understand how flies and spiders are in real life. It discusses how flies eat, what spiders eat, and dangers that present themselves to flies. If I was doing an insect unit I would read this book and probably end the unit with them writing their own journal entry about one of the insects we studied. Highly educating without the reader even realizing it.