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This is one of my favourite ever stories. The book uses pages with holes cut out so that you can see what is inside the old ladies stomach - yuck! Fabulous! (Betty Betty Bookmark )
This much loved traditional story provides a wealth of activities and is very cleverly constructed so that the holes in the book work both backwards and forwards. The story is about a huge old lady who accidentally swallows a fly then swallows a great many animals one by one as a remedy, until she finally ingests one to many. Repetition and build up are strong features of the story. It also contains steady rhythm and rhyme, and children love the inevitability of the denouement. (5 to 7 Educator )
This much loved traditional story provides a wealth of activities and is very cleverly constructed so that the holes in the book work both backwards and forwards. The story is about a huge old lady who accidentally swallows a fly then swallows a great many animals one by one as a remedy, until she finally ingests one to many. Repetition and build up are strong features of the story. It also contains steady rhythm and rhyme, and children love the inevitability of the denouement. (5 to 7 Educator )
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This classic board book retells a childhood favourite and can be enjoyed by adults as well as toddlers. Young children love the brightly coloured pages with their ever growing holes. The various animals shown in the old lady's belly are guaranteed to have your toddler giggling enthusiastically. babyworld.co.uk 20050301
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72 of 73 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
My Mum bought this for me when I was little and I loved the song. I forgot all about it until recently when I bought a Pete Seeger CD - 'Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big)' - and it has this slightly dark but funny song on it. So I searched on Amazon and found the book I had when I was little. It's got holes in it so you can peek into the old lady's tummy to see all the animals she's gobbled up. Now my little girl enjoys singing the song with me about the old lady who swallowed the horse, cow, dog, cat, bird, spider and fly - perhaps she'll die?
37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly......and copious other creatures, much to the three year old's delight. Great pictures and you view what she has swallowed through a hole of ever increasing size. "Mama, they're in her tummy!" He loves running his finger round the wiggly die cut holes where the repeat lines appear. He loves giggling at the tickly spider. It's not the sort of book you need to encourage them to get involved with - they just do! A lovely version of this old classic song and one that gets the cry of "do it again" at least three times every time you read it. Great fun. Enjoy it!
50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Board book
I remember this book from my childhood and have seen it in shops, so i thought i would buy it for my little boy. When it arrived i was disappointed because it is so small. I was expecting a big A4 size book but it is only marginally bigger than a Cd case...........i guess you would call it pocket sized!
The story is as fabulous as ever, but because it is small the writing is crammed in and difficult to read.
The story is as fabulous as ever, but because it is small the writing is crammed in and difficult to read.
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There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
Traditional story, very colourful illustrations with great cut aways to show what the old lady ate. Very entertaining and a great favourite with my family.
Published 6 days ago by mg
The little old lady stands the test of time.
The test for this product was always going to be whether my 5-year old great-grandson approved it.
He was delighted, and quickly learned the first verse off by heart, and is... Read more
He was delighted, and quickly learned the first verse off by heart, and is... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. P. I. Robbins
Lovely
My mum read this to me as a child and it's lovely to be able to do the same with my child.
Published 1 month ago by Pen Name
Old favourite
The reason I bought this book for my son was because I remembered it so fondly as a child myself. When it arrived I was slightly disappointed it was so small, much smaller than I... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Skipperjules
Nostalgia
I bought this book for my 3, soon to be 4 year old daughter as I remembered reading it when I was younger. She absolutely loves it and we have read it 3 nights on the trot... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vital Stats
Rubbish book
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Books with Holes)What a disappointment. A delightful nonsense rhyme for chlldren obscured by a ridiculous format. Read more
Published 4 months ago by R. Hurrell
in my view
I bought this book for my grandsons (ages 3 + 5 ) and they love it. sometimes the constant re reading of their books can be tedious or boring for the adult involved but not so with... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ant.M
a classic
My 15 months old daughter likes this very much and it is definitely one of her favourites. The text is a classic but the drawings very modern and interesting and she likes the way... Read more
Published 5 months ago by cinzia
Prophetic
It's 36 years old, but nobody could predict the sheer prophetic genius it would turn out to be. A huge indictment of our growing obesity crises and our seeming desire to rid the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Paulgads
lovely book
lovely fun book, very happy as great condition when it arrived,only setback is this version is very small, i thought it would be a much bigger 'normal' sized book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by rosie
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