I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins) | 
| Author: Alison Jackson
Creator: Judy Schachner
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 73023
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9 x 0.2
ISBN: 0140565957
EAN: 9780140565959
ASIN: 0140565957
Publication Date: September 16, 2002
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Amazon.com Review
In the awfully silly II Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie/I, children's librarian and author Alison Jackson bypasses pilgrims completely and cuts straight to the stomach of Thanksgiving in America--dinner. A slightly dizzying new spin on the well-loved cumulative rhyming song "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," this madcap picture book stars a ravenously hungry relative who comes to Thanksgiving dinner with a pie. Since she eats the pie in its entirety before she even gets in the house, she has to swallow some cider (that "rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her"). If you must know, "She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, / The Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry, /Perhaps she'll die." The story continues in this vein, as we watch the hosts grow visibly alarmed--and the children visibly delighted-- by the old lady's surreal appetite and supernaturally increasing girth. Illustrator Judith Byron Schachner--creator of the acclaimed IWilly and May/I--has masterfully captured this ludicrous tale in hilariously haywire pen-and-ink drawings, splashed with watercolor. Kids will love this romping, rhyming frolic through a familiar favorite. I(Ages 4 to 8)/I
Product Description
I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, a Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. brbr 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 and humorous contribution to the holiday festivities. brbr "Jackson draws on some traditional Thanksgiving foods to give a familiar rhyme new zing. Schachner's exuberant, cartoon-style illustrations . . . catch the comedy splendidly!" (iBooklist/i)
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 Cute Rhyming book November 30, 2008
My kids do like this book (ages 3 5). It is silly a nice Thanksgiving book. br /br /However when reading it I do omit "perhaps she'll die" I didn't think that was really needed didn't want to read that line. I asked my oldest son about that part. He said he didn't think that was very nice to say that. So, I omit that part but the rhyming sillness of things she eats is cute.
Great ReWrite of A Classic December 12, 2007
I love this rewrite of I Know An Old Lady who swallowed a Fly. I got it for my class and we have been getting more of these books, Like I Know An Old Who Swallowed a Bell.
Fabulous! November 13, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie is one of the best find for the Thanksgiving holiday. This is an adapation of the old classic rhyme, I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, with a Thanksgiving twist. She eats and eats until she blows up like a balloon, and flies in the Thanksgiving parade. It's hysterical, and little ones love it. The cadence is wonderful, and a blast to read aloud!br / br /Judy Schachner's illustrations are colorful, and silly, somewhat like Nadine Bernard Wescott's [The Farmer Brown Series, Lady With The Alligator Purse]. If you're looking for a hilarious book for young children say 3 to 7 then this may fit the bill.
 Hilarious Book March 1, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved this book! It is a great book with a fun twist to the original I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! This book is great for kids and adults!!!
Kids love getting fat! February 11, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a music teacher for grades K-3. Never have I seen kids react so intensely to a sing-along book as they did for all the "I Know an Old Lady..." books. This one especially sparks kids' minds and brings so many other subjects into play. Kids like talking about Thanksgiving as it's one of the few holidays both kids and teachers openly celebrate. This book brought about questions of traditional food and activites as well as the health repercussions of stuffing ourselves. In the end, kindergarten through third grade eyes will sparkle to see the Old Lady grow into a balloon!
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