Joseph had a little overcoat - Simms Taback

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Simms Taback

There Was An Old Lady That Swallowed A Fly has just been given a new lease of life in the Murphy house. We bought it in book form, illustrated by Simms Taback. And it's great. Have the first bit: "There was an old lady that swallowed a fly I don't know why she swallowed the fly… Perhaps she'll die" Oh, just typing that wee little bit makes me laugh. I love the upbeat rhythm of the first line, the slowing down of the second, the pause, which you must hold as long as possible, and the low tone of th e third, which you must accompany by rolling your eyes as ...

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Simms Taback

This age old classic nursery favourite is really an old American nursery rhyme turned into a book, this time accompanied by bright and brilliant illustrations courtesy of the talented Simms Taback, an award winning American illustrator. On each page is a patchwork picture of the gruesome goings on inside the Old Lady's belly as she swallows creature after creature, each one larger than the last, in an endless effort to rid herself of the one before. It all started off with a harmless fly. "I don't know why she swallowed a fly," the narrator puts in, at the end of each verse, "perhaps she'll die". Until the very last line of the ...