Book cover of The Fly: How a Perfect Day Can Turn into a Nightmare

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A spectacular debut to delight young and old, this book is the story of a cheerful insect's fun day at the beach turning into a nightmare. A crazy, hilarious tale in the vein of the bestselling The Little Mole who knew it was none of his business.


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1 author picked The Fly as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

An amazing story with a twist that will give your kids a big laugh at the end. A short simple story about how things can turn really bad in just a second...The collage technique along the book using everyday objects to create the illustrations gives this book a unique sense of art style that makes the story even funnier. And also lets the kids make their own interpretation.

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