Tedd Arnold
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Tedd Arnold is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Tedd Arnold
Tedd Arnold is a two-time Geisel Honor winner whose bug-eyed, gross-and-glorious Fly Guy series — over forty titles — is the most reliable reluctant-reader converter in elementary libraries.
Arnold based Fly Guy on the pet flies his sons kept in jars; the series works, he says, because a fly who can only say 'BUZZ' is a hero any brand-new reader can voice perfectly.
Also by this author: Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl! · Hooray for Fly Guy! · Parts
Publisher page: www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/authors/tedd-arnold.html
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.