I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · September 16, 2002
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- Who it’s for
- A familiar rhyme gets a Thanksgiving twist, with absurd appetites and comic holiday chaos.
- Themes
- Thanksgiving festivities, Humorous overindulgence
- Genres
- Thanksgiving Stories, Funny Stories, Nursery Rhymes
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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.
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"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 "Schachner's watercolor illustrations are absolutely delightful. Children will find lots to examine and enjoy in these expressive pictures, particularly the repeated appearances of the woman's fluffy white cat." --School Library Journal
A Feast of Nonsense
A familiar rhyme gets a Thanksgiving twist, with absurd appetites and comic holiday chaos.
Come here for
- A playful spin on a familiar cumulative rhyme
- Thanksgiving foods swallowed in increasingly ridiculous quantities
Expect
- Expressive illustrations that catch the comedy
- A surprising contribution to the holiday festivities
Where it sits
| Thanksgiving Stories | 85% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 53% |
| Nursery Rhymes | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Thanksgiving Stories
- Funny Stories
- Cooking & Food
- Authors
- Alison Jackson
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 16, 2002
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Thanksgiving festivities · Humorous overindulgence
- Reading lane
- Thanksgiving Stories