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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie-Alison Jackson August 18, 2007

Could I do it? Could I write a “based on” book? Let’s see. Medical: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Sty. (No, too yucky.) Tragedy: I Know an Old Lady Who Stifled a Cry. (No, too depressing.) Realism: I Know an Old Lady Who Told a Big Lie. (No, too close to home.) Okay, okay, I’ll stop. On to the review! I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie written by Alison Jackson is a super Thanksgiving book to be read to or by children. I should say sung to or by children. How can you not? “I know an old lady who swallowed a pie. A Thanksgiving pie, that was really too dry. Perhaps she’ll die.” Our old lady starts off as a skinny frail little thing and as she eats more and more, the inevitable happens. (Just ask my scales.) The last word we need to rhyme is “bread” (read with dire forboding) but, as we find out, lots of words rhyme with “bread”. The illustrations by Judith Byron Schachner are super and I really enjoyed the cat and mouse interplay. Wait! How about: I Know an Old Lady Who Sucked a Joke Dry?

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
Written by Alison Jackson
Illustrated by Judith Byron Schachner
Accelerated Reader RL 3.9

• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie at Amazon
• Alison Jackson Website