But I just like to enjoy the rhyming text, chant the chorus of the increasing queue of characters, and revel in the imaginative pictures. If there is a moral to the story, I suppose it is that knowledge conquers fear, so don’t start running until you know if something really is after you. That does it! Now the boy can finish his day the way he had started it, knowing he has done a good deed. Our Best Sale Yet Add 4 Books Priced Under 5 To Your Cart Learn more.

It turns out to be something harmless, but how can the boy get the animals to stop long enough for him to explain? Buy A Fly Went By Hardcover Book By: Mike Mcclintock from as low as 3.49. A new edition of the classic illustrated storybook, ideal for children just beginning to read on their own. The boy wants to help, but the creatures are too terrified to stop long enough to find out what the real problem is.įinally, the boy is able to convince the man to explain what started him on this mad career. Read Online A Fly Went By EPUB by Mike McClintock is a great book to read and thats why I recommend reading or downloading ebook A Fly Went By for free in any. A Fly Went By (Beginner Series) Paperback Picture Book, 5 Mar. A frog, a cat, a dog, a pig, a cow, a fox, and a man pass the boy in succession, each running headlong in fear of the predator behind that appears to be in pursuit. A little boy sits by a lake until a fly flies past, and he must help a long line of fearful animals.Mike McClintock, A Fly Went By, Penguin Random House Elem.

Not only is this fly adorable, but I can feel and empathize with his terror.Īn unnamed boy is lazing away the morning, little suspecting that one small fly is going to turn his day upside down.īut it isn’t just the fly. My kids loved it, and now I’m using it with my students and grandkids. I loved reading it all by myself when I was learning to read. A Fly Went By is another old (1958) favorite picture book in the “I Can Read It All By Myself” series.

A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock