There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey!

by Lucille Colandro, Jared Lee (Illustrator)

Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545931908
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/30/2016
Series:	There Was an Old Lady Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	31,308
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD400L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

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.
Lucille Colandro has written many books for children, including the bestselling There Was an Old Lady series illustrated by Jared Lee.

Editorial Reviews

08/29/2016
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.)

Publishers Weekly