Great book for little ones (and not so little). Nonsense at its best! Wonderful cadence to reading.

This story seems more like a "singing game" when you read it to the children. The author seemed to have quite a bit of fun with the words when she wrote it. The old woman in the story begins by swallowing one critter, and then, as she continues to add more and more, the children get a chance to practice their memory skills. There are also many rhymes throughout the story, which involves the children in the action, keeping their interest.Extension:The teacher and the class will sit in a large cir...

I read the book "I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" by Nadine Bernard Westcott. The book is about an old lady who at first swallows a fly. In the book you do not find out why she swallowed the fly. To get rid of the fly she swallows a spider. She continues to swallow other animals to get rid of the one she swallowed before. In the end she swallows a horse and she dies.In the book there are a lot of characters that do not last very long. The main character of the book is the Old Lady. The Ol...

I got it free at our library and now I know why. I was reading it to my son before bed time and 🤭🤢.

As a kid, I loved this story, but as an adult, the "adult" in me kicked in and thought how stupid this lady was. There's literally an illustration where she was spraying bug spray into her mouth and a bunch of bug spray bottles laying on the floor. Crazy! It's a strange book, but as a child I loved it and I'm sure children will enjoy this silly story too.SPOILERS AHEAD:Also, I found it morbid of how every time she swallows something it ended with "Perhaps she'll die" and then, in the end, she di...

If you swallow a horse, you will die.

Although an earworm burrows deep inside my head every time I read/sing this book to my daughter, I still find it fun. Who doesn't like this classic? Weird people, that's who!

The title grabs readers attention, makes you wanna know what else the lady will swallow and ro see how it comes out. Easy to follow along rhyming pattern. Great example of cause and effect makes it where you can ask the kids what do you think she will swallow next? or how do you think she will get all that stuff out her belly. I would change the ending because i feel like a children book should have an happily ever after.

Time Machine 2.0 out of 5 stars Well I Guess There Is Always One In The Crowd..., May 23, 2005 Everyone else seems to adore this book so I guess I have lost my sense of humor because I just don't like this particular version-- at least not for the 3 and under set.My first objection stems from the use of bug spray by the 'old lady' to get rid of the fly. She is shown sitting on a couch surrounded by cans of depleted insecticide while spraying more in her mouth. Rather than find this funny, it sc

Wow, this old lady just about ate everything in sight! I am talking about of course the famous folklore tale, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. This version adapted by multi-award winning author Mary Ann Hoberman and Nadine Bernard Westcott, will be sure to have your students laughing out loud and reading along with you. This is a great choice for a read aloud to any Pre K- 2nd grade class as it has a great rhythmic pattern, which will make it easy for your students to get into. Did I ment...

What a delightful book for young and old alike. My 6 year old and I already knew the song when we checked this charming little book out from the library but were delighted to find the sheet music and all 8 rounds on the endpapers. We sang ourselves into a silly frenzy. I might shouldn't have done that so near bedtime. He loves the part "Perhaps she'll die" that comes at the end of each round. I guess the death of a sweet old lady cracks kids up these days. Did I mention the illustrations are f

The book's illustrations bring it to life and add some more humor to the story. There is a rhyme scheme throughout the book and keeps going through the steps of what happened before after the old lady swallows something else. The phrase "perhaps she'll die is repeated after she swallows something new, too, because what shes eating is inside her and is something that shouldn't be swallowed.Each time, the old lady swallows something bigger and bigger to try to catch the last thing she ate, like a

My daughter and I read this book before nap time today because her preschool teacher read the class a similar book.This board book has awesome illustrations to go with the lyrics of the titular song. On the second page, along with the words "I don't know why she swallowed a fly, Perhaps she'll die" shows a lady sitting at her table eating some cookies surprised by a fly coming into her mouth. The last page has a ginormous lady lying on the ground outside picking at her teeth with a horseshoe. Th...

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly is a popular pattern children’s book about an old lady who swallows a fly, and then swallows a whole bunch of animals to catch the other animals she swallows. This book, written by Mary Ann Hoberman starts off with the old lady sitting at the table just eating cookies, and while she eats the cookies, she accidentally ends up swallowing a fly. Then the old lady swallows a spider to hopefully catch the fly, but now she can't get the spider or the fly. After s...

No matter how many times I read this to my daughter, I never get bored or tired of reading this book to her. I love the way the story rhymes and you can actually sing the whole book into a song. The book is filled with wonder vocabulary words. And the author writes this book in a sequence to swallowing things from small to the largest. The book also teaches children a cause and effect. Because the old lady swallowed all the things in the book, of course she is full and cannot eat no more.Nadine

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly by Nadine Bernard Westcott was a silly book. I found that it had no real meaning behind it. This book was pure entertainment for the young kids. It was not one of my favorite books to read, because I could not relate to the book in any kind of way. On the other hand, this book started off with musical notes, so I immediately thought this was told through a song. The lyrics were also telling us about the story in a unique kind of way. This book definitely wa...

"I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" is a story about an old lady who... well... swallowed a fly and a slew of other things. This book is great example to show students rhyming, sound patterns, and repetition. The story line is not very deep or purposeful but it is very easy to read. It shares a great message of do not eat bugs because it will lead to death by horse. Or just let the bug digest properly!

I HATE THIS BOOK.....I WISH THIS BOOK WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE!!!! THE AUTHOR OBVIOUSLY HAS MAJOR ISSUES. WHOEVER WROTE THIS BOOK SHOULD BE PLACED IN A PEN WITH 1000 SCREAMING 2 YEAR OLDS. THAT IS HOW TERRIBLE THIS BOOK IS. CHILDREN DO NOT NEED TO HEAR ABOUT BAD DIETS, EATING DISORDERS OR DEATH...AND THIS OLD LADY SERIOUSLY HAD A DEATH WISH IN ORDER TO SWALLOW A SPIDER, CAT, DOG, GOAT, COW AND HORSE. DOES SHE NOT REALIZE THAT GOATS, COWS AND HORSES ARE HERBIVORES?? THEREFORE EVEN IF HER CRAZY THEORY...

This is a fun book that tells the story of a lady who swallowed a fly. It includes a lot of rhyming and repetition that helps keep children engaged in the story. It also includes a sequence of events that lead the reader wondering what happens next. This offers a good opportunity to have the children guess what the old lady will eat next and keep the children interested and intrigued on what will happen.

I think books like these are Classics for children and in the classroom. Books that rhyme and have a similar pattern throughout them are very good for kids to read so they can learn more about patterns and rhythms. The old lady who swallowed a fly who might have died and went on this whole Chase to kill the fly and then the book keeps going about things that the old lady has swallowed. Very cute book