There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!

by Lucille Colandro

Other authorsJared Lee (Illustrator)

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

782.42162

Description

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows some snow, a pipe, some coal, a hat, a stick, and a scarf.

Publication

Scholastic Inc. (2003), Edition: 11.1.2003, 32 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member clstone

'There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!' by Lucille Colandro is a great rhyming story about a lady and the winter season. Taken from the popular and similar story "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly', in this story the lady swallows winter items and the pictures are all very

colorful. The cold lady swallows some snow, a pipe, some coal, a hat, a stick, and a scarf. This story is good to read before Christmas or to teach rhyming words and poetry.

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LibraryThing member DiamondDog

Lucille Colandro has developed quite a hit with her "Lady" rhyming books. She has written one for just about every holiday/season imaginable. She has the old lady swallowing bats, bells, shells, and in this latest tale, snow. Along with the snow, the lady also swallows a pipe, coal, a hat, etc and

the children will fun guessing what's going to happen to her in the end. Couple this with your favorite snowman story for a fun winter storytime.

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LibraryThing member jbarr5

There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow by Lucille Colander
Love this kids book especially for those who do not get a lot of snow. It starts out with a woman who swallows some snow and then other items.
I only listened to the story, I had no pictures in front of me. Sounds like a great story

and questions you can ask the child before things happen on next pages asking what the child knows by looking at the picture.
Love the elements, snow, pipe, coal, hat and a stick and a scarf. Love all the rhyming words as well, makes this a silly story for any child. You do find out at the end why she did what she did....
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

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LibraryThing member CarrieHardesty

I enjoyed this book for two reasons. First, I love that it is a new rendition of the old classic, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. The fact that I am familiar with the original book caused me to instantly recognize and want to read this different edition. I believe that this familiarity

makes the book fun and interesting. In addition, I appreciate the repetition throughout the story. As the cold woman swallowed more and more snowman parts, the lines repeat themselves and end with, “I don't know why she swallowed some snow. Perhaps you know.” This repetition adds unity and cohesiveness to the book. It also possibly simplifies the text for emergent readers and makes reading easier.

The big idea of this story was to show the assembly of a snowman in a silly way!

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LibraryThing member KyleeO

Funny story for children. I was not expecting the ending, it was great! The book has a pattern and song to it. It is good to also practice sequencing or remembering of everything that the old lady at swallowed.

LibraryThing member villemezbrown

The first part of the book, riffing on the traditional nursery rhyme about the old lady who swallows a fly, is so dull it lulls you into stop paying attention so it can pull off an almost-clever twist ending. Having finished the book, I then remembered it did the same thing to me twenty years ago

when I first and last read it.

Note to self: read again in twenty years to be surprised again.

Side note: I'm am stunned to see that this is part of a series of twenty-three (23 !!?!?!?!!) books at this point.

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LibraryThing member cougargirl1967

So cute, I'm sure my granddaughter will love hearing it!

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