Green Wilma, Frog in Space by Tedd Arnold

And at the heart of it all-whether they're fleeing flyswatters or learning about snakes, bees, or dinosaurs-is an unlikely friendship. After that, it's one zany adventure after another. Green Wilma- Frog in Space by Tedd Arnold and Arthur’s First Sleepover We used the alien encounter from this book as a launching point for some expository writings on introducing an alien. The judges scoff until they see all the extraordinary tricks this little guy can do. The fun begins when Buzz enters his winged buddy in the Amazing Pet Competition. She chases the fly around the entire spaceship and accidentally steps on the control panel. Green Wilma, Frog in Space by Tedd Arnold. Wilma got swept up by the spaceship and she went to space for a day. introduction to frogs, discussing their physical characteristics, mating habits, predators, and different species. Green Wilma was chasing her lunch when an alien spaceship came down for water.

Since its 2005 debut with Hi! Fly Guy, the series has sold over 8 million copies and spawned a nonfiction Fly Guy Presents series as well. Green Wilma, Frog in Space is a children't book about a frog that has a pretty unbelievable day. 1970) Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold (Puffin Books, 1998) In the Pond by Anna. Once that idea came up, I knew it was too good to pass up.' Frogs and toads are amphibians, which are members of the class Amphibia. 'It suddenly hit me that the one word a fly can say is ' BUZZ,' and that that was also a boy's name. From that point on, says Arnold, he always had in the back of his mind that it might be fun to have a fly as an ongoing book character.įly Guy was born a few years later when Arnold was doodling on a road trip with his wife, and a fly kept buzzing against the windshield. The idea got its start in an earlier picture book, Green Wilma, about a girl who turns into a frog and chases a fly through her school. Tedd Arnold's mega-bestselling Fly Guy series of early readers spotlights the adventures of a bug-eyed boy named Buzz and his pet fly.