There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout!

By Teri Sloat

Book Overview

Everyone has heard of the old lady who swallowed a fly, but there is something particularly fishy about this old lady... Eye-popping paintings capture the scenery and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest in this energetic recasting of a favorite children's rhyme. The buoyant text bobs along as the old lady swallows a salmon, an otter, a seal, a walrus ... until eventually she swallows the entire sea and the trout swims free This pure flight of fancy gives a fresh twist to a familiar song.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805042946
• ISBN13: 9780805042948
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

LOVE this book!

So funny and so fun to read to my kids. I've given copies of this book to all of my friends with kids.

The old lady, Northwest-style

Just about every pre-schooler knows the story and song, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly;" here's a colorful aquatic version of that story, about an old lady who swallowed in rhymed sequence (among other things) a trout, a salmon, an otter, a porpoise ("she did it on purpose, she swallowed a porpoise!"), a whale, and at last the whole ocean. Kids will love this twist on their traditional favorite; they'll love the vibrant and exuberantly colored illustrations even more. (You've really got to use the "look inside the book" feature above to get a sense of how wonderfully this book is designed.) In contrast to the original old lady, who swallowed a horse and then quickly died (!), our intrepid trout-swallower eventually lets her menagerie back out to swim another day. A happy book with a happy ending; highly recommended.

We LOVE this book

I am a Nursery School Teacher's Aid, and I pick out the books andread the my classes- I work with three year olds- We LOVE this book, we loved I knew an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly- but this one is equally as good. I can't wait to read the Old lady who Swallowed a Pie!Enjoy-EMw

there was an old lady who swallowed a trout!

What a fun book!! My preschoolers love it. The illustrations are both colorful and beautiful and certainly depict the Pacific Northwest. It's such a great participation book, all the children love to join in and never tire of it.

A book no primary room or library should be without!

Teri Sloat offers a delightful twist to the old familiar lady who swallows the fly. I really think I prefer this version, as with young children I always change "perhaps she'll die" to "it made her cry" or "it makes me cry." In this story, the sea creatures are swallowed one by one and each phrase ends with "he wanted out!" The children catch on and repeat the last line or so and enjoy splishing, splashing and thrashing like the trout. The illustrations are beautiful and the children are thoroughly amused with both the pictures and the words. I LOVE THIS BOOK! You will, too!