Genre
Alphabet books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Noisy
Illustration
Colorful
Detailed
Impressionistic
Subject
Alphabet
Flies

Ugh, this illustrations give me the heebie-jeebies. But the kids enjoyed it! ( )

Mildly entertaining but definitely not a favorite. ( )

The Old Black Fly is about fly that goes around a house causing trouble and annoying a family. I liked this book because it repeated the rhyming phrase "shoo fly shoo" and had text that was a different color and different font size. I thought the book was very engaging and enjoyed the pictures. ( )

Old Black Fly is a fun way of looking at the alphabet telling the story of a fly in a very busy home. He experiences being shood around the house while landing on food, people, plants, and other artifacts in the house. In the classroom, students can identify rhyming words and alliteration thought the book.