Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
Dear Flyary
by
Dianne Young (Goodreads Author),
John Martz (Goodreads Author)
One-eyed alien Frazzle recounts his flying adventures in a new journal (in alien vernacular, of course). He bighearts his little Model 7, but as time passes, it starts making strange sounds, and Frazzle -- pressured by friends and co-workers -- wonders if he should trade it in. One day, when it goes CLUNK in the middle of the flyway, it's clear something must be done. Youn...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
March 1st 2012
by Kids Can Press
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-20
of
20)
This story is a whimsical window into the life of Frazzle Pattzer, a being from the Glank Quadrant of Merfatil who speaks English sprinkled with a patois of made-up words direct from the author's quirky imagination. If you invited Frazzle to your home, he would call your television a "seebox," and if it was your birthday he would sing, "Gladdy dropday to you." Frazzle has friends, a job, and plenty to do, but he finds time regularly to write in his diary ("Flyary"). And it's a good thing he does...more
Frazzle is thrilled with his new spacecraft, and naturally, he rides it everywhere he can. He records his thoughts about the vehicle as it starts acting up. Over and over, the machine starts making strange sounds, prompting him to take it to the shop of Wurpitz Hoolo, who has two noses. Over and over, the spaceship starts to give him trouble and makes sounds such as "Hum-Piffle-Piffle Hum-Tick-Tick, Hum-Piffle-Piffle Hun-tick-Tick" (unpaginated). When he finally does get a new engine after the c...more
More like 2.5 stars. The storyline was cute with a good ending, lots of fun pictures to look at, but the alien lingo was just a weeeeee bit over the top.
Changing common words into nonsensical terms doesn't make a book good without an engaging story.
Confusing wording, weird story with art that was only so so.
I can't decide if I want a snilkum or a snoogle.
Sep 02, 2012
Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature
marked it as picture-books
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
