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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books!
There was an old lady who's ready for school!
That lovely old lady has returned just in time for the first day of school. Now she's swallowing items to make the very best of her first day back. And just in time for the bus...
With rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version of the classic song will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page--a fun stor...more
That lovely old lady has returned just in time for the first day of school. Now she's swallowing items to make the very best of her first day back. And just in time for the bus...
With rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version of the classic song will appeal to young readers with every turn of the page--a fun stor...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
July 1st 2012
by Cartwheel Books
(first published January 1st 2012)
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There is an old lady who one day swallows some books and no one knows why she does this but she doesn’t get any looks. She then swallows a pen to write in the books, a pencil case to hold the pen, and a ruler to measure the pencil case. She then swallows a folder to protect the ruler, some chalk to decorate the folder, and finally a bag. Then a yellow school bus comes around the corner and the old lady cheers and out pops a new backpack full of all the things she swallowed and now she is ready...more
The amazing old lady who swallows strange objects is back! This time she swallows supplies, just in time for school.
Colandro and Lee have teamed up to write many books about this strange old lady. Readers can enjoy a wide range of topics from seasons to holidays. They are entertaining and enjoyable to sing or read aloud.
Sadly, their newest book is not a favorite for me. I was hoping it had a library theme, but it was a school theme. The school supplies were books, pens, pencil case, ruler, (fil...more
Colandro and Lee have teamed up to write many books about this strange old lady. Readers can enjoy a wide range of topics from seasons to holidays. They are entertaining and enjoyable to sing or read aloud.
Sadly, their newest book is not a favorite for me. I was hoping it had a library theme, but it was a school theme. The school supplies were books, pens, pencil case, ruler, (fil...more
This book is another spin off of the original story "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly". The book starts off with the old lady swallowing some books. It continues with her swallowing all different kinds of school supplies. At the end, she swallows a backpack. When the children come around the corner in the school bus, she lets out a cheer and out pops the backpack. This book is intended for younger elementary students around kindergarten or first grade. This book is a good fit for them b...more
This book is one of numerous stories in the "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed..." series. I am normally a big fan of these, but I must admit, this one was not my favorite. In the story, the old lady swallows school supplies one by one and eventually cheers and pops out a brand-new backpack. I'm not entirely sure why I didn't enjoy this as much as the others in the series. It just didn't seem to flow as well. And as my son quickly pointed out, "the old lady didn't even swallow any straps to po...more
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Pre K – First Grade
This is a fun book to read with rhyming words. It’s about a lady who eats weird things. The fun rhyming words will get children excited to follow the book and they would also enjoy the funny pictures.
Learning Experience
I will make matching cards using words and pictures form the book. Children will get to match pictures and words together; for example I will have a picture of a pencil case and have the word pencil case children will then match the pencil case with the word pen...more
This is a fun book to read with rhyming words. It’s about a lady who eats weird things. The fun rhyming words will get children excited to follow the book and they would also enjoy the funny pictures.
Learning Experience
I will make matching cards using words and pictures form the book. Children will get to match pictures and words together; for example I will have a picture of a pencil case and have the word pencil case children will then match the pencil case with the word pen...more
This is the only other book I have read in the series besides the original "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." I thought it was pretty good, but didn't seem to flow together well enough to sing as a song. Yet, it would give the children some exposure to rhyming and patterns. I think they would enjoy it because it is so silly for a woman to swallow school supplies. On the last page, it says "Have a great school year!" It would be a fun book to read on the first day.
I like this "Old Lady" book a little bit more than the others simply because it can set me up for a talk about ingesting books. Even though we don't necessarily swallow books, we take in everything that a book has to offer. Obviously it is a fun sequencing book that all students really enjoy to listen to. YOU MUST START WITH THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY, to begin the tradition!
I love the illustrations and the idea of this book is a good one..but the rhymes and the flow are being lost as more and more are being written.. The first page says "Ther was an old lady who swallowed some books. I don't know why she swallowed those books, but she didn't get any looks."
I always sing these books to my students and this mouthful is hard to sing!!
I always sing these books to my students and this mouthful is hard to sing!!
This is a fun twist on the original story There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. I think children will enjoy this version of the story because it is related to school which is something they are familiar with. Also, the illustrations are very funny. I think this would be a good book to read towards the beginning of the year.
Series!
- Read at the beginning of school
- Introduces the concept of patterns
New vocab--
Predictions: What will she swallow next?
- Have students make up a list of what they would bring on the first day of school
- Why did she swallow all those items? If we were to really swallow these items would we get sick?
- Read at the beginning of school
- Introduces the concept of patterns
New vocab--
Predictions: What will she swallow next?
- Have students make up a list of what they would bring on the first day of school
- Why did she swallow all those items? If we were to really swallow these items would we get sick?
My kids love this book series and the opportunity each one lends to interacting between author and reader. A good addition to my list of staples for the beginning of the year. My Kindergarten kids will have fun with it, just like they do with the other books in this series. Looking forward to seeing/hearing their reaction.
I loved this book. It was so much fun to read. It is a good way to discuss what students bring to school and this can lead into a discussion on what people need for their proffession. The pictures were different but interesting. I was confused on why the woman was swallowing these items until the end of the story.
This is pretty good, especially for a back to school read. It's another simple choice for younger readers. They react well to the illustrations. The rhyme is easy to spot (though it seems forced to me), and the repetition is pretty consistent if you'd like to incorporate that into your teaching.
This funny rhyming book is part of a series about an old lady who swallows lots of strange things. This is clearly her version of a back to school book. The rhyming is fun and the things she swallows are funny. The illustrations are also pretty entertaining. Can't wait to see what else she swallows.
A very fun and well illustrated book. Although it is a well written story, but it is rather strange. About an old lady swallows books, pens, folders, etc and then coughs up her back pack filled with supplies. It may be fun for some but it is also rather strange. Overall, a good book.
Excellent story, super funny! Great story to talk about what can really happen, and what is made up. This book would also be one where you could talk about sequence, becuase when the old lady swallows something new, the book goes through the same things that she has swallowed before.
Some of the books in this series are favorites of my kids. But this installment has no real value other than preparing your kids to get excited for school, and good luck. The rhymes are hard to stay with and the book seems shorter than the other entry's in the series.
This book is good to read the first week of school. The old lady swallows a whole bunch of school supplies and at the end coughs up a backpack with the supplies in it. I think the only activity you can do with this book is to a sequencing activity with it.
Maddy picked this one out at our public library's book fair. It is a take on the story THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY. Neither I nor Maddy were too impressed with this one. We ended up going back to the original for a palate cleanse.
Another one of the spin-offs to the original "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" but this one seems to be just OK to me. This time the Old Lady swallows some school supplies for the arrival of school. I would read this book as a fun way to welcome younger students to the start of the new school year and to work on sequencing as well.
This would be a cute story to read at the beginning of the school year. It has some rhyming and poetic repetition in it. It would be a fun book to read to get the kids to be funny and laugh a little bit. Great book from this series!!!!!
I was excited to read this one after seeing it in the Spring Scholastic Book Fair preview video. It looked funny; it sounded funny. It was the one book I brought home from the Book Fair to read this weekend. After reading it, I felt let down. It just wasn't funny to me. It left me wondering if my students will see the humor in it or not.
Children would find this book very amusing and it would be a great read aloud for the beginning of the school year. It's highly predictable so it would be easy for students to read after some repetition.
Of course sequencing the story would make a good activity. But this also makes a good book to pull off the shelp during the first week of school, being that the little old lady swallows some school supplies.
Like an old lady who swallowed a fly, this old lady swallows a lot of school supplies. At the end of the story she is ready to go to school. This could be a book to read on the first day of school.
Some of these books aren't too bad, but this one takes the concept a little too far. The rhymes don't make a lot of sense, and the relationships between the items mentioned were kind of far-fetched.
This is one of our favorites, well maybe not my son's but my daughter chooses to read it quite often. I like the way story rhymes and builds up to the finale at the end. A fun read.
This book is great for teaching sequencing. This book can be read to the class and then the students can sequence the book according the the things the old lady swallowed
This book would be good to read to students on their first day of school. After reading it a teacher could explain what supplies they need for the school year and why they need them.
Spin off that is just okay... You might be able to do something on the first day of school with young children. Something about the rhythm didn't seem to quite fit.
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