There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

5 SILLY ★'s Oh. My. Goodness. This is another one of my favorites from back when I was a kid. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly is a goofy lyrical book that was rewritten from a 1940s American folk poem by Simms Taback and is also a Caldecott Honor Book. It's bold, whimsical and the illustrat......more

A silly, funny book based on an old American folk poem. A old lady swallowed a fly and then she kept swallowing bigger animals in order to eat the smaller animals as a domino effect. In the end unfortunately she (view spoiler)[dies (hide spoiler)] . But it is still a funny story with all these exaggerating events.......more

This little story is a folktale from the 40s, didn't know that. I enjoy the art of this book. You get to see the animals inside her stomach. My nephew asked for this book again last night.......more

My children were eating dinner when I read this to them and my 5 yr old was disgusted and my preschoolers were fascinated. The book wasn't quite the old folk song that I remembered and I was a little disappointed. Certain verses were repeated twice and I'm not sure why. I tried to guess at the pictu......more

Caldecott Honor 1998: This American folk poem was first heard in the US sometime during the 1940's. My children enjoyed the bold, whimsical, illustrations because a hole was cut out of each page to reveal the eaten animal in the old ladies belly. It's a goofy, silly book with a great moral: NEVER SWA......more