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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by  Simms (illustrator) TABACK - First Edition - 1997 - from Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB and Biblio.com
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The die-cut pages in this illustrated version of the popular song let readers take a look inside the stomach of this tormented woman, and see exactly what happens after she swallows a fly, a spider, a cat, and more. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1997.


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"The book is beautifully illustrated and lovingly designed by Simms Taback, and the publisher should be given enormous credit for the careful way it has produced the book and carried through his concept, which is a dandy."

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

by TABACK, Simms (illustrator)

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Book desription: NY: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0670869392 . A Caldecott Honor Book. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Caldecott Honor emblem on front panel of dust jacket. .

  • Bookseller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 35314
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
  • Ages: Preschool to Preschool years
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0670869392
  • ISBN 13: 9780670869398
  • Publisher: Viking
  • Place: NY
  • Date published: 1997
  • Pages: 32
  • Size: 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
  • LCCN: PZ8.3.T1145Th 1997
  • Dewey: 782.42162/21/00268 E
  • Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Keywords: Children's Literature, Caldecott Honor,
  • Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / General;

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