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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, a Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry.
And with that the feast begins! After the pie the old lady swallows a whole squash, all of the salad, and the entire turkey! As Mother and Father watch in shock, the two children are delighted to see the old lady growing fatter and fatter. And, in the end, the old lady makes a surprising...more
And with that the feast begins! After the pie the old lady swallows a whole squash, all of the salad, and the entire turkey! As Mother and Father watch in shock, the two children are delighted to see the old lady growing fatter and fatter. And, in the end, the old lady makes a surprising...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
September 16th 2002
by Puffin
(first published October 1st 1997)
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this a baby book but its really funny and it keeps going on and on of what she eats and what she does check it out!!!!!!
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book by Alison Jackson!
smmary by Brianna Hawkins
book by Alison Jackson!
Jul 23, 2010
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This is a spin off of the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. This story is a Thanksgiving story. Everything she eats is something we would see at our own Thanksgiving tables. Since there is another book, it might be interesting to compare the two and see what is the same and what is not the same. The story builds upon itself, meaning each page adds an new line of the story, but you keep repeating the other stuff too. It wold be a great activity to have props and have the students re...more
Nov 22, 2011
Dolly
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parents reading with their children
This is a fun take on the classic children's song, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, but this time with a Thanksgiving theme. We've read several books with this kind of theme, and our girls find them to be very humorous. The illustrations are entertaining and the ending is silly. The rhyming narrative and cumulative build make this a great story to read aloud and we really enjoyed reading it together.
The old lady who swallows something meets Thanksgiving dinner. This is a nice seasonal take and follows this hungry lady's feast in stuffing herself silly at the dinner table. The story concludes her blowing up to be a blimp on parade. This book has a repeating sentence structure, sequencing rhyming words that roll off your tongue. I read this book aloud to a group of first graders who appreciated the humor of this book. The word "fat" came up, and we soon found ourselves in a discussion about d...more
Be prepared to laugh this Thanksgiving! I Know and Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie is a hilarious romping good time.
A Thanksgiving twist on the old song, I Know an Old Woman That Swallowed a Fly, this picture book will be sure to please! The old woman stuffs more and more ridiculous things down her throat as she grows larger and larger.
The writing and illustrations are perfect together and combine to make one quirky and hilarious book.
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A Thanksgiving twist on the old song, I Know an Old Woman That Swallowed a Fly, this picture book will be sure to please! The old woman stuffs more and more ridiculous things down her throat as she grows larger and larger.
The writing and illustrations are perfect together and combine to make one quirky and hilarious book.
More reviews on my blog: Books for Kids
Genre: Traditional/Fantasy
Copyright Date: 1997
I liked the traditional version "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly". So I decided to read this at Thanksgiving time to my preschoolers because it talked about a Thanksgiving Pie. The only part that I didn't like is the part in the book that says "perhaps she'll die". I opted to omit that verse from my reading. I was afraid that would be what the students would focus on and not that she was swallowing Thanksgiving dinner! Other than that I thi...more
Copyright Date: 1997
I liked the traditional version "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly". So I decided to read this at Thanksgiving time to my preschoolers because it talked about a Thanksgiving Pie. The only part that I didn't like is the part in the book that says "perhaps she'll die". I opted to omit that verse from my reading. I was afraid that would be what the students would focus on and not that she was swallowing Thanksgiving dinner! Other than that I thi...more
Though I'm not a fan of the scribble illustrations, they were easily overlooked by the humor of what this old lady would eat next. A good rendition of the swallowed a fly song, though I think I almost like this one better because of the food/Thanksgiving humor. The repetition is always good for a storytime, and this twist is enough to keep the interest of most children. Though it goes along with my idea of a Dessert theme, the overall presence of Thanksgiving in this book makes it seem like it m...more
I know an old lady who swallowed a pie is a cute thanksgiving themed book. It has repetition and rhyming words. It also had a consistent pattern. The longer the list of things the old lady ate the bigger the old lady got. The illustration does add to the funny story line.
Learning Experience:
For this book I will have an old lady puppet, it will have an opening to insert food as the story goes along. This book will be read in small groups and each child will be handed an object from the story to a...more
Learning Experience:
For this book I will have an old lady puppet, it will have an opening to insert food as the story goes along. This book will be read in small groups and each child will be handed an object from the story to a...more
This is one of my favorite versions of "I Know an Old Lady..." as well as one of my favorite Thanksgiving books. The illustrations are wonderful, of this lovely lady, who eats everything in sight and grows bigger with every page turn. The book is a great read aloud, with rhythm and rhyme and just the right amount of repetition. The kids all noticed her changing figure, and looked forward to each page turn, commenting on how big she was getting and speculating about what she might be eating next....more
I grew up singing that old song "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" but when I thought about using it for a story time, I realized just how disturbing it really was. This adaptation of the song is focused on an "old lady" who swallows a PIE baked for Thanksgiving. It becomes a great rhyming/sung story of Thanksgiving overindulgence...however, at the end she does NOT die! This was a hit every holiday when I would read it to preschoolers. Cute illustrations and fun rhyming story.
I have never had my kids give a book a negative review until tonight after we finished this one to Jordan. She said she did not like this book because the illustrater made the legs of one of the characters look like scribble and the author kept saying that the lady was going to die.
As for me, I was not very impressed. The last page was kind of a let down.
However, we did like the other book about the old lady that swallowed a bat which she read last year.
As for me, I was not very impressed. The last page was kind of a let down.
However, we did like the other book about the old lady that swallowed a bat which she read last year.
wow- this lady ate a lot of food!!
This book is great for the Thanksgiving season. The lady eats so much food she feels as if she could die. (great text-self connection- I know I've felt that feeling!) Great book to teach sequencing- the lady ate one thing after the next to go with the previous item ate. This is also a cause and effect book because for example she kept eating another item in order for it to go with another item and the process continued.
This book is great for the Thanksgiving season. The lady eats so much food she feels as if she could die. (great text-self connection- I know I've felt that feeling!) Great book to teach sequencing- the lady ate one thing after the next to go with the previous item ate. This is also a cause and effect book because for example she kept eating another item in order for it to go with another item and the process continued.
You can use this book around Thanksgiving. This is a great book you can use to teach sequencing. This is also a great book to the rhyming words. I have props I can use with this project. There are many web resource you can use along with this book and many classroom activities as well. It is just like "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" but it ties to Thanksgiving and no suggesting that she (the old lady) might die.
This is a great book to read aloud at a library story time. Children love it if you have prepared pictures of what the old lady swallows and they are able to 'feed' the items to the old lady (which is a picture of an old lady on the box). They enjoy the participation and the repetition of the book. The illustrations do nothing to add to the overall enjoyment of this book; they are hard to see with rather bland colours.
The old lady is a guest for Thanksgiving and she ends up eating many things. The whole family is surprised. This book is somewhat fascinating since some of the things she eats goes in order. For example, "She swallowed the roll to go with the cider,/That rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her,/ She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie,/ The Thanksgiving pie, which was really to dry,/ Perhaps she'll die.
I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, a thanksgiving pie that was really too dry...
A good addition to a cumulative tale unit (I only read one a week to they won't want to shoot me) as well as a decent Thanksgiving selection. While it falls a bit into the "oh my cumulative tales can be tedious to read" it doesn't die there and Jackson delivers a good surprise for the end. Kids like it & I'll read it next year.
A good addition to a cumulative tale unit (I only read one a week to they won't want to shoot me) as well as a decent Thanksgiving selection. While it falls a bit into the "oh my cumulative tales can be tedious to read" it doesn't die there and Jackson delivers a good surprise for the end. Kids like it & I'll read it next year.
Students can identify with his book, because there are many like it. This book used repeating lines which students can use in their own writing. This repeating line can really get the student's point across and connects the text. This book is themed around Thanksgiving. Maybe students will have seen this form of craft many times by that time so they will be familiar with envisioning this style of writing.
Genre: Picture book
Reading Level: Early, ages 4-9
Topics & Themes:Thanksgiving
Curricular Use: Read aloud/Independent reading/shared reading you could make an activity out of this.
Literary Elements:rhyming, repetition.
Illustrations: The pictures correlate with the text. The pictures are vibrant and colorful. Overall, excellent. This book is an excellent book to use during Thanksgiving time. It teaches the basics of Thanksgiving and what it is really all about.
Reading Level: Early, ages 4-9
Topics & Themes:Thanksgiving
Curricular Use: Read aloud/Independent reading/shared reading you could make an activity out of this.
Literary Elements:rhyming, repetition.
Illustrations: The pictures correlate with the text. The pictures are vibrant and colorful. Overall, excellent. This book is an excellent book to use during Thanksgiving time. It teaches the basics of Thanksgiving and what it is really all about.
Let the fest being for the Old Lady! This entertaining children’s book has them anticipating what the Old Lady will swallow next. This book has a repeating sentence structure, sequencing rhyming words that roll off your tongue and it is a very easy participating book for a classroom. When I first read this book, I looked forward to turning the page to find out what the Old Lady would swallow. A perfect fit for around Thanksgiving time.
This an awesome book that would be great to expose children to rhyming words. I would also read this book around the Thanksgiving season because the old lady is eating things that we all tend to eat around the this holiday. This would be a great opportunity as the teacher to really get to know her students, and allow for the students to make a text to self connection.
This book was about an old lady who swallowed all different kinds of food and objects to go with the food she ate. She eventually got so big she blew up. I enjoyed this book because the kids will enjoy listening to it. You can have them guess what she ate this time. I noticed when I read this book to a class I was in, they thought the ending was hilarious.
This fun book is based off the popular, " I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie "; however, in this book the lady consumes lots and lots of popular Thanksgiving foods. I think it'd be fun to act this book out around Thanksgiving, except maybe using smaller portions. :) You could also use the writing prompt, " I know an old lady who...." or you could have students compare this story with, " I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly". Then, students could work as a large group, small group or indepe...more
This is a hilarious fall or Thanksgiving time book for young children to read! It is another take on the famous, "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." The old lady swallows things like turkey, cider and most importantly, a Thanksgiving pie! Definitely a good read for Kindergarten or first grade during a fall unit or the week of Thanksgiving.
Many picture books exists which follow the cumulative pattern of "There's was an old lady who swallowed a fly", but this one takes the cake... errr, Pie. Not only are the illustrations eye catching, thanks to Skippyjon Jones creator Judith Schachner, but the new twist on the old song is fun and the ending is a pleasant surprise.
This is a great book to use during the Thanksgiving holiday season. Students can create their own portraits of the old lady on a Thanksgiving card, and draw pictures of all of the items that she eats. Students can also bring samples of some of the food that she eats and students can discuss the story while eating their samples.
I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie is great for activating prior knowledge of other texts (Text to Text connection). Students can predict what they think the old lady might swallow this time. An art and literature idea is to make an old lady and then have students retail the story dropping different items in her mouth as they tell the story.
I saw this has highly rated on the kids Thanksgiving book list, so I checked it out. I should have gone with my instincts though. I never liked the "I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly" story / rhyme / song, so I didn't like this either. I didn't think the adaption was that clever. The illustrations weren't that great either.
Genre: Picture book
Reading Level: Early
Topics & Themes: Thanksgiving.
Curricular Use: Read aloud. Great example of rhyme and repetition for read aloud activities.
Literary Elements: Paradoy of There Was An Old Woman... series. Repetition. Rhyming.
Text & Pictures: Interaction. Fun and colorful illustrations.
Reading Level: Early
Topics & Themes: Thanksgiving.
Curricular Use: Read aloud. Great example of rhyme and repetition for read aloud activities.
Literary Elements: Paradoy of There Was An Old Woman... series. Repetition. Rhyming.
Text & Pictures: Interaction. Fun and colorful illustrations.
Dec 16, 2011
Samantha
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who hate "I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly"
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Alexandria
*sigh* Finally! A book about an old lady swallowing things that actually makes a little sense. Except for that pot...I still don't understand that one AT ALL. But, (view spoiler)
So much better than that stupid fly version. This one has to be the best so far. =)
So much better than that stupid fly version. This one has to be the best so far. =)
This book is a really cute Thanksgiving book. It starts off with a little old lady who swallowed a pie. From there on she also swallows some cider, a roll, a squash, a salad, a turkey, a pot, a cake, and the last some bread. Throughout the story she gets fatter and fatter! Will she die? Read to find out!
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