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. A fly goes by, followed by a frog, whos chased by a cat, whos chased by a dog and a host of other frantic characters, in a humorous. etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español. It turns out to be something harmless, but how can the boy get the animals to stop long enough for him to explain? A fly went by by Marshall McClintock, Mike McClintock, Fritz Siebel, September 12, 1958, Random House Books for Young Readers edition, in English.
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. 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. 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.
Binding: Hardcover Fiction/ Nonfiction: Fiction. I loved reading it all by myself when I was learning to read. ISBN: 9780394800035 Author: McClintock, Mike / Siebel, Fritz (ILT) Series Title: Beginner Books(R) Ser. : A Fly Went By (9780001711037) by Mike McClintock and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. A Fly Went By is another old (1958) favorite picture book in the “I Can Read It All By Myself” series.
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