Rat Life ( Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2008)Ĭhildren's books written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold.

He is a three-time winner of the ALA's Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for Hi! Fly Guy and for I Spy Fly Guy, and Noodleheads See the Future Novels for older teens Tedd's first book, No Jumping on the Bed! was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice book and was also selected as a Parents Magazine 50 All-Time Best Children's Book.

Grandma - Buzz's grandmother in the Fly Guy series.

People Father - The People Child's father.

People Mother - The People Child's mother.

People Child - A young boy who lives in Huggly's bedroom.

He is also occasionally nervous and vain. In the PC games, his hair and spots are red.

Grubble - An orange monster who is Huggly's male best friend with magenta hair and spots and a yellow tummy.She is very sweet like Huggly and sometimes hyper.

In the PC games, her tummy is orange while her stripes are orange and her scales are blue.

Booter - A purple monster who is Huggly's female best friend with light purple scales, red stripes and a yellow tummy.

His belly is slightly bigger than Grubble's is. He's shy and quiet, and can be somewhat klutzy.

Huggly - A cute and pudgy male green monster, the main character of The Monster Under the Bed series, with dark teal scales on his back, orange spots and a yellow tummy.

Chip Block - The main character of Parts series.

Buzz - A young boy who is Fly Guy's owner.

Fly Guy - A brown fly who is the main character of the Fly Guy series.

Parts - Focusing on an inquisitive boy named Chip Block and body parts.Ĭharacters Main characters.

Huggly (The Monster Under the Bed) - Focusing on the adventures of Huggly, a cute and pudgy green monster with a yellow belly, living under the people child's bed with the help of his best friends Booter and Grubble.

Fly Guy - Focusing on a friendly fly named Fly Guy and his owner Buzz.

His sons, Walter and William, served as the inspiration for some of his characters and stories. Carol, a former kindergarten teacher, encouraged him to write and illustrate children's books.

Arnold met his wife, Carol, while living in Florida. He worked as a commercial illustrator before beginning his career writing children's books. Tedd graduated from the University of Florida with a BFA. He currently lives outside of Gainesville, Florida. He has written and illustrated over 100 books, and he has won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for his books 'Hi! Fly Guy!' (2006), 'I Spy Fly Guy' (2010), and 'Noodleheads See the Future' (2018). Tedd Arnold (born Januin Elmira, New York, United States) is a children's book writer and illustrator. 'Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor' for his book 'Hi! Fly Guy!'

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