I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Picture Puffins)

by Alison Jackson

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These "I Know an Old Lady Who..." books are multiplying like bunnies, and most are cute but schlocky books with minimal value. This one, though, is hilarious, and close enough to the original folktale ("Perhaps she'll die") that kids are hooked. Plus it's terribly silly without being insipid. The rhymes are so funny, ("Oh my gosh, she swallowed a squash!") and in the repetitive countdown, kids will not be able to resist joining in.

Curriculum: a terrific Thanksgiving read aloud.

Jackson, A. & Schachner, J. (1997). I know an old lady who swallowed a pie. New York: Dutton Children's Books.

AMQS | Mar 31, 2013 |

Many picture books exists which follow the cumulative pattern of "There's was an old lady who swallowed a fly", but this one takes the cake... errr, Pie. Not only are the illustrations eye catching, thanks to Skippyjon Jones creator Judith Schachner, but the new twist on the old song is fun and the ending is a pleasant surprise. (

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DiamondDog | Mar 29, 2013 |

An old lady swallows a pie on Thanksgiving, and it begins a chain reaction! The old lady keeps swollowing food, drinks, and pots whole, and she grows bigger and bigger with each thing she swallows! Finally the old ladly swallows some more bread and she is finally full! On the last page, we see her blown up, and tied to a string, fit for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! This is a fun and creative book with a great rhyming pattern. Any child is sure to enjoy this book, and laugh at the hungry old lady. (

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awoodham93 | Feb 14, 2013 |

This is a story based off of I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly but with real food. I can use this for rhyming, sequencing, and prediction.

Clv017 | Feb 3, 2013 |

I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, a Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry.

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.

"Jackson draws on some traditional Thanksgiving foods to give a familiar rhyme new zing. Schachner's exuberant, cartoon-style illustrations . . . catch the comedy splendidly!" (Booklist)

clwalker | Jun 13, 2012 |

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The old lady who comes for Thanksgiving dinner astonishes her hosts with the amount of food she consumes.

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In the awfully silly I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, 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 Willy and May--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. (Ages 4 to 8)

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An old woman gobbles up all the food in an enormous Thanksgiving dinner, to the amazement of those around her.

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