Flying High with "Fly Guy"

Tedd Arnold's kindergarten to 2nd grade Hi! Fly Guy has won the 2006 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award from the American Library Association. It sells in the Bound to Stay Bound version for $9.79. Shoo, Fly Guy and Super Fly Guy are both $10.25 in BTSB. The originals are all published by Scholastic. The BTSB versions will stand up to a lot usage by children. All are easy to read but still a fun graphic novel for the little ones.

His newest book Hooray for Fly Guy will be out in September 2009. In this book Fly Guy plays football. Fly High! Fly Guy was published in 2008. In this version Fly Guy takes a road trip. Arnold also has There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy which is an interesting concept for a super hero fly. Arnold is the author of one of my favorite picture books, Green Wilma. Wilma is another creature with big eyes. For a comprehensive list of Tedd Arnold books visit his booklist

Spotlight Beefed Up the Comic Classics

Spotlight has added many new additions to their graphic Marvel collections such as Ironman and Captain America. Ironman should be popular due to the movie which came out last year. They have also added to their Hulk and Spiderman series. X-Men: First Class and and X-Men Power Pack complete their previous selections in this series. These will be a big hit with students due to the popularity of the X-Men:Wolverine movie. Keep in mind the ever popular Thor is now out also.

Spotlight is a division of Abdopublishing. Spotlight has high quality library editions which can take a lot of wear and tear. Don't forget that Spotlight also has the beloved Archie series with Jughead, Betty, and Veronica. This series is in their graphic novel collection and is a big hit with fourth and fifth grade girls.