There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly is a great book and it is very well illustrated. It is a rhyming book that is very fun to read. It helps with memorization because it repeats things on each page. First an old lady swallows a fly, then eventually, an owl, a cat, a cow, and a horse. At last, the old lady dies because she swallows a horse. Students find this ver funny and most can remember what is coming next on each page. The pictures in this book are very colorful and fun also.

This book is about an old lady who swallows different animals. Throughout the book it talks about the animals and why she swallowed them. She swallows smaller to larger animals. At the end of the book she dies. This book is fun and simple because the students can read a long with you. There are also other activities you can use with this book. ( )

'There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly' by Simms Taback is a very colorful book that tells the story of an old lady that swallows insects and animals. The book begins when the old lady swallows a fly and continues with a spider, a cat, a cow and finally a horse. The pages are cut out so that it looks as if the reader can see the animal inside the old lady's stomach. Each page in the book rhymes like a poem and is full of vibrant, colorful pictures. I would read this book to students in grades K-2.

Genre: Fiction because a lady could not swallow all those animals and therefore is not a realistic book. Media: acrylic paint, pens ( )

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly is a great book for young children. The interest level is from K-Second grade. The main character in the book swallows different critters attempting to rid herself of the pesky Fly she swallowed. The book has very colorful illustrations and cutouts to show the current animals that are in the old Ladies stomach.

I enjoy this book every time I read it. This book is always fun to read to children. The interest level is much greater than K-2 in my opinion. My two year old son loves this book, the illustrations are beautiful and fun to look at and study. There is so much detail on every page one can find something different every time.

It would be great to dress up as the Old Lady and act out the story as it was told. I think it would allow the children to feel like part of the story. The kids could bring the animals to the Old Lady as the story progressed. Afterwards the children could discuss where they might find all the different animals mentioned, and guess where the Old Lady must have lived.