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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Caldecott Honor Book) (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
by Simms Taback
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Children's book, Age 4-8, Award-winning |
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An illustrated version of the cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. |
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Author: Simms Taback
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Pub. in: September, 1997
ISBN: 0670869392
Pages: 32
Measurements: 10.2 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00424
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0670869398
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- Awards & Credential -
The winner of Caldecott Honor Book. |
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Simms Taback's book "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly" is humorous, with laugh-out-loud illustrations of the woman who just can't control her eating habits. Taback's collage pictures include brightly colored paintings with snippets of newspapers and other interesting materials, and Taback incorporates clever die-cut holes which add to the visual hilarity.
The poem is the old familiar American classic, but Taback adds some original elements by allowing the animal characters to comment on the poem as it goes along, all the way to the shocking conclusion. Children will enjoy the colorful pictures and the poem, and adults will enjoy Taback's wry sense of humor.
This book was a Caldecott Honor book!
Target readers:
Kids aged 4-8
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Simms Taback grew up in New York City and pursued a varied career in the applied arts as a graphic designer, advertising agency art director, and a partner in a design/illustration office. He has published his own line of greeting cards and his illustration and design work has been cited by the Society of Illustrators, Art Directors Club, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), and the Greeting Card Association.
Simms has illustrated about thirty-five books for children. His work has been twice selected for the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award and his adaptation of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly was chosen as a Caldecott Honor Book for 1998. The Caldecott Committee described There Was an Old Lady . .nbsp;. as a "tour-de-force in innovative book illustration and design." Simms then won the distinguished Caldecott Medal in 2000 for Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.
Simms has taught illustration and design at the School of Visual Arts and at Syracuse University and has served as President of the Illustrators' Guild and President of the Graphics Arts Guild, which awarded him the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Cooper Union, Simms' alma mater, awarded him the Augustus St. Gaudens Medal for professional achievement in 2001. He presently lives and works with his wife, Gail, in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. He has three children and four grandchildren, who are impressed that he designed and illustrated the very first McDonald's Happy Meal box.
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The well-known children's song is illustrated using a die-cutting technique that stays with one picture but reveals each new animal 'swallowed' as we come to it in the verses of the song.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
This is a wonderfully fun book. My husband had some reservations about the content ('perhaps she'll die'), but my three year old daughter is not at all disturbed and loves the silliness of the story. Whenever its time for a story, she always requests "There was an old lady..."
The illustrations are colorful, expressive and silly. The cut out that grows to accomodate each creature the woman consumes and the clever commnents of the about to be eaten animals really add something special to this book. The repetition is also a wonderful way to help kids read along.
I remember this folk tale from when I was young. I often "sing" the book as we read. My daughter loves that. Buy this book - you won't be dissappointed. It sure to become a family favorite.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
There was an old Lady who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback is an excellent book. It expands the imagination of children so they can enhance their learning skills. Given the ability to see directly into the old lady's stomach will attract their small little eyes. Vibrant colors stand out against the black back round to allow each and every swallowed animal to appear more important. Reading There was an old Lady who Swallowed a Fly would create a wonderful memory and a child who loves to read because of the rhyming and well-written vocabulary. Although children will love to read it, age six is a reasonable age for them to handle the book in their own tiny hands. However, there is no child too you to read and enjoy this book.
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E. King (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
I remember singing "There was an Old Lady..." all the time in preschool, so when I found out that there was a book of this song, I had to buy it for my baby daughter. Not only is the song fun to sing, but the book is fun to read as well with its vibrant colors and cartoony illustrations. This is an excellent sing along book!
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A Kid's Review (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
I chose this book there was an old lady who swallowed a fly. Its about a lady that kept eating animals and each time she eat one she got fater. She eat to many animals that she went over waght. She eat a fly, spider, bird, cat, dog, cow,horse. She eat all those animals. I liked it because there was an old lady that kept eating all differnt kinds of animals. I liked that there was alot of differnt kinds of animals in it.
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