There was an old lady simms taback7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The old lady has bloodshot eyes throughout the book indicating she is crazy and her dress is black and has colorful dots painted all over her dress. The image that stood out the most was the image of the old lady herself as she is the most surrealistic looking character in the entire book. ![]() Simms Taback also does a superb job at illustrating this book as he makes each character look surreal. Simms Taback also brings some attitude to the story as he makes it seem like what the old lady is doing is absurd, such as how he stated that it was absurd how the old lady swallowed a bird. Simms Taback has done an excellent job at writing this story as it sounds upbeat and is creative, especially when he states about why the old lady swallow one animal after the other. This book is full of silly fun, but smaller children might want to watch out for the disturbing ending. This book is about how an old lady manages to swallow every animal that comes in her path for no reason, until she goes a bit too far towards the end. “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” is a silly lyrical book rewritten from a 1940s American folk poem by Simms Taback and is a Caldecott Honor Book. ![]()
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