There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!

This is a funny and easy-to-read picture book with hilarious illustrations, perfect for the 3-6 year-old in your life. The one to two sentences per page read with an easy cadence that makes the book flow, very like the original Old Lady story. Great Halloween reading!

This book is very similar to the book There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, The difference is that in this book, the lady swallowed a cat, a goblin, an owl, and bones, etc. This book involves a lot of repetition, which is needed in the early learning years of learning in children. Eventually, they learn to read along when saying "there was an only lady who swallowed.....". How repetitive the book is, this allows for repetition and allows children to learn the order because the pages demonstrate the list of items the old swallow. In this book, you can also count to get some math in, such as counting how many times she swallowed.

This old lady is at it again.....gulping down spooky season animals this time around. Children love these books!

Summary: This is a Halloween book, without being a traditional Halloween book. This book is not just about trick-or-treating, but it encompasses all of the animals and fall colors. The chain of events comes full circle, swallowing the bat first, but then swallowing all these other items to get the bat.

Personal Response: This was a fun book about the season of fall. This book has some fun fall items that the lady swallows, in addition to some other items I would have guess, like the wizard. The ending is abrupt and surprising. Often times, students would not see it coming, which would encourage them to read the whole book.

Curriculum Connection: There are many books in this series, so the students’ interest would be held throughout show more all of the books. This is a great book for young readers who are beginning to learn how to read. The words are repetitive and rhyming, so it encourages confidence in young readers. show less

This book tells the story of an old woman who swallows a bat and then continues to swallow more and more animals in order to get rid of the last animal she swallowed. Children enjoy this book because of the humor it provides through the crazy idea of an old lady swallowing a series of different animals, one after another and still not being able to fix her problem, only making it worse and worse. This book would be good to introduce to children when teaching repetition and/or word play and rhyming. The book rhymes throughout the story and by using the same sentence structure to tell what animal she swallows and why, repetition is a key point in this children's book.

I despise these Old Lady Swallowing books. I don't approve of cannibalism, and that is a very bad trick for Halloween. I would normally let whimsical things pass in children's books, but I can not for any reason, let these books slide. >_>

This Old Lady is up to her old tricks, only this time she swallows Halloween! The readers are in for a few treats as the old lady is up to her usual tricks. Ghosts, wizards, and cats, what hasn't this old lady swallowed? With colorful illustrations and a very memorable tale, students will swallow this story in no time! What will the old lady swallow next?