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32 pp.
| Carolrhoda |
September, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8225-7984-7$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stephen Gammell.
In this takeoff of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," a teacher consumes more and more outlandish animals, class pets all. When faced with the climactic snack--a child--the green-faced, wild-haired teacher insists: "I would never do that!" Bowen's rhymes will have kids rolling in the aisles between their desks, and Gammell's spiky mixed-media illustrations are fittingly absurd.