Hi! Fly Guy

Buzz catches a fly for the Amazing Pet Show, discovers it can say his name, and calls it Fly Guy. Parents and judges dismiss the insect as a pest, so Fly Guy has to demonstrate controlled flying and return to his jar before the show recognizes him as its smartest pet.

This early reader offers a clear three-part arc—meeting, rejection, proof—with repeated names and visual comedy. Henry and Mudge begins with a lonely child finding a conventional dog companion; Hi! Fly Guy is the sillier choice for challenging assumptions about what can count as a pet.