I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly

By Joan Holub

Illustrations and humorous rhyme describe what happens when a boy swallows a fly while presenting factual information about digestive systems. Color illustrations throughout. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807535060
• ISBN13: 9780807535066
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly

And why would someone swallow a fly? Maybe because his sister dared him! Kids will laugh and learn about the digestive system while reading this book. With silly verse and great facts, all the ins and outs are covered. The book's layout and design truly add to the fun of the story. My six year old loves this book but recommends: Don't read it right before lunch!

Fantastic book on digestion

Digestion is an incredibly boring subject to many kids who visit my library (public). I now gleefully steer them toward this book. They love the title and are immediately intrigued. Because they find the story hilarious, they painlessly learn about digestion. Excellent book.

So glad to find this book

It's not easy to make learning about digestion fun, but this book does. I'm an elem. school librarian and am happy this book arrived on our shelves!

Review from SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Dec. 1999 issue

"Holub's creative story takes readers on a whimsical tour of the digestive process. In lighthearted rhyme, a girl relates how a fly travels through her brother from ingestion to elimination...Sidebars, cartoons, and additional text explain the organs and steps of the digestive system in easy-to-understand language with simple analogies...Children will chuckle over the toilet-bowl scene and the unfortunate fly sinking in gastric juices. Holub serves two pages of additional information including sections on 'Should I Eat A Fly?', 'The Food Pyramid', and 'Funny Noises'. This is the type of book that gathers no shelf dust.--reprinted from SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

A very funny book that also teaches about digestion.

This clever book has been a great addition to my school classroom bookshelf. My kids laughed their heads off (I teach grades 1-2) when I read it aloud, and many of them went back more than once to the book later to get a closer look at the digestion facts.