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Set on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme describes the silly consequences of an old woman's fishy diet.
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Square Fish (2002), Edition: First Edition, 32 pages
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LibraryThing member lecowan
This traditional fantasy cumulative tale is about an old woman who first swallows a trout and tries to get it out by swallowing something to eat the trout. Every time the old lady swallows a new sea creature, she discovers she needs to swallow something else in an attempt to get rid of it. This
I grew up reading the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! When I saw this book at the local library, I checked it out and enjoyed reading about the different types of sea creatures she swallows. I read this book to my children and they thought it was weird but silly.
A classroom extension idea for this book would be to incorporate it as a demonstration of a food web. This book is an excellent example of an aquatic food web with the whale, walrus, porpoise, seal, otter, salmon and trout all being swallowed in succession by the little old lady to get them out. The students could then pick three of the sea creatures and create a simpler food web to discuss and then research what the producer would be for that particular food chain.
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story is a different spin from the original old lady book, but still delights children’s imaginations by hearing about an old lady who swallows all sorts of peculiar things.I grew up reading the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! When I saw this book at the local library, I checked it out and enjoyed reading about the different types of sea creatures she swallows. I read this book to my children and they thought it was weird but silly.
A classroom extension idea for this book would be to incorporate it as a demonstration of a food web. This book is an excellent example of an aquatic food web with the whale, walrus, porpoise, seal, otter, salmon and trout all being swallowed in succession by the little old lady to get them out. The students could then pick three of the sea creatures and create a simpler food web to discuss and then research what the producer would be for that particular food chain.
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LibraryThing member katitefft
This book is a wonderful example of both poetry and modern fantasy. The author puts her own spin on Simms Taback's classic story "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." Instead of a fly, spider, bird, etc. this author uses ocean animals from the Pacific Northwest. The impossible adventure of a
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woman swallowing such creatures engages readers and opens their minds to a fantastic world under the sea. This story also uses a lot of repetition and rhyme to tell this tale, making it a wonderful poem for children to read aloud. As many poems do, this poem makes the reader laugh and wonder at the old lady's antics. Show Less
LibraryThing member Nikki22
Genre: This is a good example of Fantasy Fiction because the old lady swallows bigger and bigger sea creatures until she swallow the whole ocean.
Style: This book uses consonance, which gives rhythm and flow as each verse ends with "splished and splashed and thrashed about."
Media: paint
Style: This book uses consonance, which gives rhythm and flow as each verse ends with "splished and splashed and thrashed about."
Media: paint
LibraryThing member olivegreen1
A imaginary tale in the form of a repetitive poem. Charming illustrations with a 'sea' theme.
LibraryThing member vwhitt
Slightly disturbing. This is the story of an old lady who continues to eat live animals to show the food chain. Yes, live animals. While I think it’s helpful to show that the food chain starts small then gets big, I don’t think I’d read this one to children. At least families with fish as
Details: This book was written to interest children in grades K-3 and is on a 1.8 reading leel.
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pets shouldn’t read this to their children. You may come home to find your fish gone. But, I did appreciate the author spinning the old tale of the old lady who swallowed a fly. At least the pictures were colorful and interesting. Details: This book was written to interest children in grades K-3 and is on a 1.8 reading leel.
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LibraryThing member dukefan86
This is a charming, colorful variation of the poem about the old lady who swallowed a fly! I really enjoyed the use of water/ocean animals and the action words that described the process. Fun illustrations, too! Cute book!!
LibraryThing member QianqiongWang
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout is a fantasy picture book tells a story about an old lady who swallowed all kinds of animals in the marine. It is a good for children who need to study marine lives. But as for me, I don’t feel it is a common fairy tale for children, which is a little
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bit scary. The illustrations in this book are water-colored and remind me of folktale, which are also full of imagination. Show Less
LibraryThing member Rebecalynn
There was an old lady that swallowed trout. She swallowed a salmon to catch the trout. She then swallowed an otter to catch the salmon. The list goes on and on until she eventually swallowed the whole ocean. She opened her mouth and let everything out.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 9.95 inches
ISBN
0805069003 / 9780805069006
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