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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
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Parents' Choice Recommended Award
Classic sing-alongs for children
The children’s classic “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” for which singer-songwriter Alan Mills is best known, precedes a potpourri of simple singable songs, often focusing on numbers and letters and featuring hysterically funny animal characters. Singers Thomas Hellman and Emilie Clepper breathe new life into old traditions, performing rootsy renditions of catchy songs written for children more than 50 years ago.
Parents' Choice Recommended Award
Classic sing-alongs for children
The children’s classic “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” for which singer-songwriter Alan Mills is best known, precedes a potpourri of simple singable songs, often focusing on numbers and letters and featuring hysterically funny animal characters. Singers Thomas Hellman and Emilie Clepper breathe new life into old traditions, performing rootsy renditions of catchy songs written for children more than 50 years ago.
40 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2014
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March 11, 2017
1. Awards: Parents’ Choice Recommended Award
2. Grade Level: Preschool to first grade
3. Summary: In the back of the book, this song has the lyrics on the left-hand page and the illustration of animas holding letters on the right-hand page. The lyrics go through the alphabet listing different animals that begin with one of the letters of the alphabet. Although, some of the letters are left out of the poem for silly reasons that the song states.
4. Review: The book introduces animals that children may be unfamiliar with such as a polecat and quail. Children are most likely familiar with the other animals. Children will enjoy singing an alphabet song that is different than the regular ABC melody.
5. Possible In-Class Use: Since the lyrics mention rhyming, the teacher can use this song for a rhyming lesson. The children can also come can come up with other animals that start with a letter to build on their spelling.
2. Grade Level: Preschool to first grade
3. Summary: In the back of the book, this song has the lyrics on the left-hand page and the illustration of animas holding letters on the right-hand page. The lyrics go through the alphabet listing different animals that begin with one of the letters of the alphabet. Although, some of the letters are left out of the poem for silly reasons that the song states.
4. Review: The book introduces animals that children may be unfamiliar with such as a polecat and quail. Children are most likely familiar with the other animals. Children will enjoy singing an alphabet song that is different than the regular ABC melody.
5. Possible In-Class Use: Since the lyrics mention rhyming, the teacher can use this song for a rhyming lesson. The children can also come can come up with other animals that start with a letter to build on their spelling.
September 17, 2014
One of the most iconic children's songs in the English language, written more than 50 years ago and still going. The Secret Mountain's new release features a narrated story and two recorded songs performed by Thomas Hellman and Emily Clepper. This quirky, silly, cumulative rhyme will have your kids laughing and their toes tapping.
This old lady swallows a fly and that's when the fun ( for the reader ) begins. She gulps down a variety of critters to catch the previous one ending in her demise. Yes the poor old lady succumbs to animal-overload-R-itis!! (not much fun for her.)
This must-have picture book is designed with 12 get-off-your-duff and dance activity songs by Mills, such as Animal Alphabet Song, Twelve Kittens and My Father's in the City, just to name a few. Your kids will be spellbound by both the audio and visual effects that this book has to offer. I highly recommend this book.
This old lady swallows a fly and that's when the fun ( for the reader ) begins. She gulps down a variety of critters to catch the previous one ending in her demise. Yes the poor old lady succumbs to animal-overload-R-itis!! (not much fun for her.)
This must-have picture book is designed with 12 get-off-your-duff and dance activity songs by Mills, such as Animal Alphabet Song, Twelve Kittens and My Father's in the City, just to name a few. Your kids will be spellbound by both the audio and visual effects that this book has to offer. I highly recommend this book.
November 1, 2016
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1. No Award
2. Kindergarten - Grade 2
3. We go on a journey on what an old lady swallowed. She swallows something so small, like a fly, to something so big, like a cow. As she swallows each thing, we wonder how the old may have felt after each meal.
4. This is a funny silly nursery rhyme book to read to children that engages them to think of strange things to eat. The illustrations are very simple and animated which distractions the idea of the old lady dying in the end. Despite reading through all the silly things the old lady ate, I found it oddly strange that the lady had to die in the end.
5. This book would be used in a classroom displaying an example of a silly nursery rhyme, creating an activity for the students to think of their own version of the rhyme and to learn about rhymes.
1. No Award
2. Kindergarten - Grade 2
3. We go on a journey on what an old lady swallowed. She swallows something so small, like a fly, to something so big, like a cow. As she swallows each thing, we wonder how the old may have felt after each meal.
4. This is a funny silly nursery rhyme book to read to children that engages them to think of strange things to eat. The illustrations are very simple and animated which distractions the idea of the old lady dying in the end. Despite reading through all the silly things the old lady ate, I found it oddly strange that the lady had to die in the end.
5. This book would be used in a classroom displaying an example of a silly nursery rhyme, creating an activity for the students to think of their own version of the rhyme and to learn about rhymes.
February 24, 2016
I really like this book, but this one was a different version. This book was in a song format and made the storyline move along. It was really cool how they put instruments and a beat with a book. I thought this book was really cute. Must read if you are use to the original book.
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February 24, 2016This teaches you even if you swallow something you should not keep swallowing things. They might her you in some way.
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