Title: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
Author: Tedd Arnold
Illustrator: Tedd Arnold
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 30
Genre/Category: Picture Book
I chose this book because I really liked the different take on the classic story, There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. This book ended on a happy ending, which I enjoyed. The story is about a boy named Buzz and his pet fly, Fly Guy. The two go to visit Buzz's grandma. Grandma is so excited to see Buzz that she runs to hug him and accidentally swallows Fly Guy. Grandma swallows a host of other animals to retrieve the fly, but just as she's about to swallow a horse, Fly Guy comes back out, followed by all of the other animals.
The illustrations in this book look like they were done with pen and ink. The characters are very cartoon-like, with extra large eyes and exaggerated features. The drawings are very bright and each person, animal, and object has subtle colored scribbles and swirls incorporated into the ink. All of the scenes have a plain, white background. On a few pages, there is a little ground that the characters are standing on, but it's the characters that stand out.
This would be a good book to read for preschoolers through elementary school grades. This book could be read alongside the original story for a compare and contrast session with the students. It could be a good introduction to realism in books - to get children's opinions on whether or not someone could swallow all of the animals mentioned. Finally, students could write their own animals that the grandma swallows, using rhyming words.
I chose this book because I really liked the different take on the classic story, There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. This book ended on a happy ending, which I enjoyed. The story is about a boy named Buzz and his pet fly, Fly Guy. The two go to visit Buzz's grandma. Grandma is so excited to see Buzz that she runs to hug him and accidentally swallows Fly Guy. Grandma swallows a host of other animals to retrieve the fly, but just as she's about to swallow a horse, Fly Guy comes back out, followed by all of the other animals.
The illustrations in this book look like they were done with pen and ink. The characters are very cartoon-like, with extra large eyes and exaggerated features. The drawings are very bright and each person, animal, and object has subtle colored scribbles and swirls incorporated into the ink. All of the scenes have a plain, white background. On a few pages, there is a little ground that the characters are standing on, but it's the characters that stand out.
This would be a good book to read for preschoolers through elementary school grades. This book could be read alongside the original story for a compare and contrast session with the students. It could be a good introduction to realism in books - to get children's opinions on whether or not someone could swallow all of the animals mentioned. Finally, students could write their own animals that the grandma swallows, using rhyming words.
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