There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly was written and illustrated by Simms Taback. It is a fictional picture book. The book was published by Viking Juvenile in 1997. The primary character was an Old Lady and the secondary characters were the animals she swallowed. The theme of the story is there are consequences to events. This book is a Caldecott award winner.

This book is a sequence book. The old lady in the book swallows various things, for no apparent purpose. The old lady finally swallows a horse which kills the old lady. This books offers a lot of rhymes for children.
I would use this as part of story time or at the end of the class day. Children would really love this book and think that it was halirious. The children could also get involved with the book because of the rhyming. This book could also be used while studying nouns because many nouns are mentioned throughout the book.