Category: Children Publisher: Createspace
ISBN-10: 1499720874
Pages: 40
Copyright: May 31,2014
ISBN-13: 9781499720877
Price: $3.99 (eBook)
A book about looking different,being lonely and needing friends.
Buzz is a dragonfly. A very large and scary looking one. Buzz begins every day by flying around the Irish countryside to visit his neighbors. Unfortunately, his neighbors don’t appreciate his happy-go-lucky attitude. Buzz is lonely and wants friends so badly. Everywhere he goes people yell at him and tell him to go away. This makes Buzz very sad. He only wants one true friend. Someone who he can to play with and fly around the meadow. Someone to laugh and be his best friend. A big life changing event is about to take place and it will change his life forever. Will Buzz ever find a friend? Will people ever like Buzz?
Professional Reviews
Buzz - a gorgeous story with depth
Format: Paperback
This is a gorgeous story about friendship - and misconceptions.
Buzz the dragonfly is big, strong and scary. No-one wants to talk to him; everyone is scared of him ... until one day when he is the only one who can rescue Dottie and her 35 children.
The story of Buzz the dragonfly has relatable concepts for children. Although it can be enjoyed as a story, it can also be a starting point for discussions on friendship, bullying and doing the right thing no matter what.
Reader's Favorite 5 Star Review
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Buzz by Mary Jo Prado is a cute little story book for children about Buzz, the dragonfly. Buzz is a large and ugly looking dragonfly and his neighbors get scared when they see him. Buzz has no friends and he is desperately looking for friends. He wants one good friend with whom he can play and fly around the meadow. But wherever he goes, he is shooed away. His neighbor Dottie finds him ugly and she shoos him away, saying her babies will get scared. But then something happens which will change his life forever. Will Buzz find new friends? Will people stop shooing Buzz away every time they see him? It's a beautiful story with a message that tells readers not to judge a book by its cover.
The story is perfect to teach children not to judge people from the outside. Buzz the dragonfly is a likeable character and the book shows how he captures the hearts of the people around him with his good nature and character. The illustrations are bright and colorful and they give movement and life to the scenes, story and the characters in the book. It's a good book for parents and grandparents to use for bedtime reading for their kids and grand kids. It is also useful in read aloud sessions in classrooms and libraries. Children's books with messages and concepts are always the best way to teach them. This book about friendship teaches kids about looking deeper into a person and seeing their inner beauty.
