Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas

On Christmas Eve, Buzz and his pet fly read a book about ninjas. Then Buzz explains Christmas to Fly Guy: "Santa comes, and we give each other presents." "PREZENTZZ" sound good to Fly Guy, but he worries that he doesn't have a gift for Buzz. As he flies to the living room to look for one, Santa arrives, but Fly Guy mistakes him for an intruder and knocks him-and the Christmas tree-down ("NINJAZZZZ!"). After the mess is sorted and Fly Guy learns the stranger's identity, "Zanta" helps Fly Guy with his present-for-Buzz problem. Readers will appreciate the personal nature of the gift (it's Fly Guy himself) and will be happy that the Christmas bounty also includes ninja costumes for both friends. All the hallmarks of the long-running easy-reader series return, with the familiar bug-eyed characters; the clean design, with its plentiful white space; and, of course, all those ZZZZZZZs. martha v. parravano

On Christmas Eve, Buzz and his pet fly read about ninjas. Then Buzz explains Christmas: "Santa comes, and we give each other presents." When Santa arrives, Fly Guy mistakes him for an intruder, and knocks him--and the Christmas tree--down ("NINJAZZZZ!"). The hallmarks of the long-running easy-reader series return: the bug-eyed characters, the clean design, and all those ZZZZZZZs.