Editorial Review
This is the diary...of a fly. A fly who, when she's not landing on your head or swimming in your soup, is trying to escape her 327 brothers and sisters who are driving her crazy!
Even though she's little -- just like her best friends Worm and Spider -- Fly wants to be a superhero. And why not? She walks on walls, sees in all directions at once, and can already fly!
Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss, the team behind the New York Times bestsellers Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider, reach hilarious heights with their story of a little fly who's not afraid to dream big. Really big.
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Customer Reviews
Funny for First Graders 
2007-12-15
My first grade class has enjoyed the entire series of these books and can't wait for more. We began with Diary of a Worm, after we got a class worm farm. Then I purchased Diary of a Spider. They laughed even harder. Finally, Diary of a Fly. They loved it too. My class has good readers this year and great senses of humor. These books would be appropriate for 1-4 grade.
I also bought the finger puppets and put them in our drama center. The kids re-read the books and act out the story with the puppets. Great literacy activity!Diary of a Worm & Friends Finger Puppet Playset
My kids will love this. 2007-12-12
Great story that has mad this series part of our library. Both my boys could listen and/or read this story every night.
Superb Storytelling!! 2007-11-28
The story is being told by a fly as if he really were sharing his own life story. It makes it interesting! Soo MUCH that my daughters, ages 6 and 8, love reading it over and over. In fact, my daughters were the ones that begged me to purchase this book for them, and they also wanted the other ones, such as: Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider, etc. They learn as they read, because it's subtly educational!!
Cute book! 2007-11-09
This book is one of my 5 year old's favorites. We purchased this book because we already had Diary of a Worm. This is a cute, humorous book that gives the fly's perspective of each day, such as her worries about the first day of school. The illustrations are adorable!
WORM, SPIDER, FLY! ANOTHER WINNER 2007-09-26
WORM, SPIDER, FLY! ANOTHER WINNER. DOREEN CRONIN AND HARRY BLISS ONCE AGAIN REACH IN THE INSECT WORLD AND COME OUT AS BIG WINNERS. I BUY LOTS OF CHILDRENS BOOKS AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SERIES. BEST OF ALL, ****PRINTED IN THE USA**** VERY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN WHO CHEW ON BOOKS!
NO CHINA INKS INFESTED WITH LEAD!!!!
Dreams of a Fly... 2008-07-15
What a delightful book!
I have the series-Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider-and my three boys absolutely love them.
Fly is good friends with Spider (If you can believe it!) and Worm. She dreams of being a superhero but doesn't think it's possible. She's cute and kind and she has that sense of insecurity I think all children possess: 'Am I good enough?' Which, of course she is, as her friends help her realize.
I couldn't wait to get this book and my children were just as happy as I was. As I read it to them, we laughed and enjoyed the beautiful pictures that graced every page. Highly recommend all the books. Good to read them in order- Worm, Spider, Fly -or whichever way!
fun addition to a classroom or elementary library! 2008-05-26
Following the trend set by her earlier "Diary of a Worm" and "Diary of a Spider", Cronin has crafted yet another highly entertaining, informative critter autobiography. Though she anthropomorphizes the fly, it's helps make ordinarily boring factoids (like the fact that "flies beat their wings 200 times per second") come alive to the young reader, who can easily identify with what's going on during the fly's first day of school. As a former health inspector, I was pleased to see the author pointed out that flies regurgitate their food into the next food they eat (one of the reasons you want to cover food at a picnic.) The illustrations are very funny and help make this book a good first nonfiction to share with classes. Teachers might also consider using this as a fun example to get the kids started thinking about writing journals.
Absolutely hilarious. 2008-01-08
I bought this for the child of a friend and it was a huge hit. The book is creative in it's conception and the lay out. The laughs start even before you get to the story--the "photo's" on the inside cover and page liner give you an early taste of what's to come.
The illustrations are consistently great and colorful. Some of the language may require some explanation (the first entry is for the first day of school as the fly nervously asks "what if I'm the only one who eats regurgitated food?" (I mean, how many 4 year olds are going to be able to fly along with regurgitated without explanation?) But the explanations, I'm told, are part of the fun. (The fly need not have worried--it turns out all the flies eat regurgitated food.)
From visits with relatives caught between windows and screens, to the delights of a spilled ice cream cone as a "favorite food", this book is a complete hoot from the beginning to the end. Not a false step anywhere on the way.
Give both your child and yourself a treat and spend a few days in this fly's world!
Great fun! 
2008-01-07
Same format as her other "diary" books! My kids and my students love having this book read to them!
3rd graders loved it 2008-01-01
I read this to my 3rd graders in the days before Christmas, and they loved it. It was then passed around the room and re-read by many of them. They found that looking at things from the fly's point of view very entertaining. Yes,I had to explain some things to my second-language learners, so it was a vocabulary lesson as well.
