I Know An Old Lady Mini Book

by Claudia Rueda (Illustrator)

Presents an illustrated version of the classic folk song in which an old lady swallows a fly and then swallows progressively larger animals to get rid of the fly and each subsequent animal swallowed.

Genres: Childrens

14 pages, Board book

First published September 30, 2004

About the author

Claudia Rueda is a Colombian picture book author, New York Times Best Seller illustrator and a 2016 Hans Christian Andersen and Astrid Lindgren award nominee. Her books have been published throughout North America, Europe and Asia and have been translated into more than ten different languages.

Reviews

[SheriC]

I don't know why I picked this up at the thrift shop, but I've got to call my mother to thank her for not traumatizing my childhood by reading me this particular nursery rhyme. The illustrations are especially horrifying.

A little old granny smirks evilly as she stalks and consumes increasingly larger creatures until she dies, presumably of intestinal rupture. But based on her deathbed expression, I suspect she eventually rises to join the ranks of the undead.

[Heather]

My daughter wants to read this book every time we get in the car, I honestly can't stand it anymore.

[Cyndi Goodgame]

One of my very favorite books.

[Brittany]

I don't know why, but I love this book. I first heard it in kindergarten and when I came across this book before my son was born, I knew that I had to have it! He carried this book around constantly wanting it read to him, even taking it to my mother-in-law's house one day. (Only once though, because he said it was too morbid to be reading to a child, so we kept it home from then on! Didn't stop us from reading it!)

[Megan]

This is an updated version of this classic piece of children's literature. The text is familiar and the repetition is beneficial to learning how to read. I enjoyed the bright illustrations. They are creative and silly at the same time. This will be a definite must read for my fantasy unit.

[Khatho]

It will be interesting to read the book