There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! (There Was an Old Lady)
by Lucille Colandro (Author) Jared Lee (Illustrator)
Celebrate Thanksgiving with a twist on the classic song from the bestselling There Was an Old Lady series for kids! You'll never guess what she'll swallow next!
There was an old lady who swallowed a turkey.
I don't know why she swallowed the turkey,
But she's always been quirky!
It's Thanksgiving and this time the Old Lady is swallowing a turkey, a ball, a hat, a balloon, a boat, some wheels, and a horn of plenty! With hilarious illustrations and a lively rhyme, this is sure to become a seasonal favorite!
Also in the There Was an Old Lady series:
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover!
- and more!
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Publishers Weekly
Colandro and Lee have collaborated on no fewer than a dozen books featuring this voracious elderly woman, and in this outing she starts off by gulping down a live turkey: "I don't know why she swallowed the turkey," Colandro writes, "but she's always been quirky." (Truer words.) Lee captures the mounting chaos in scraggly illustrations that show the woman swallowing a football, boat, horn of plenty, and more--the perfect assortment, it turns out, to create an impromptu parade, once everything has been disgorged, of course. The rhymes are far from smooth, but the events are so preposterous that readers in the midst of laugh attacks are unlikely to care. Ages 4-6. (Aug.)
Copyright 2016 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Jared Lee has illustrated more than 100 books for young readers. He has received awards from the Society of Illustrators, the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association, the National Cartoonists Society, and others. He lives in Ohio with his wife and a menagerie of dogs, cats, ponies, ducks, and a few unknown creatures.
JUV017060 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Thanksgiving
Folk songs, English
Folk songs
Nonsense verses
Turkeys
Deglutition
Older women
