There was an old sailor / written by Claire Saxby ; illustrated by Cassandra Allen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2014Description: 1 unpaged volume : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1771380225 (bound)
- 9781771380225 (bound)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Folk Tales & Fairy Tales | Saxby Claire | Available | 33111007520782 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This playful, rhyming picture book offers a fresh and fun new take on the song "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." In Claire Saxby's telling, a white-bearded, big-bellied sailor sets things in motion by swallowing a krill. He then goes on to swallow progressively larger sea creatures, each meant to catch the preceding one. Every new introduction is followed by a retelling of all the previously eaten animals, and "I don't know why he swallowed the krill --- It'll make him ill." The sailor's tale finally ends when he swallows a whale, "then with a burp ... set sail." The burp allows all the other creatures to be released out of his mouth and back into the sea, presenting the surprise of a happier ending for the sailor than for the old lady in the song.The story is perfectly complemented by Cassandra Allen's jaunty, simple and playful illustrations, which provide a terrific source of visual clues for pre-readers looking to recognize words. The rhyming and repetition will make this a favorite read-aloud choice for storytime, as children will happily participate in reading the repeated sections, which are so easily and quickly memorized. In addition, there is a "Fishy Facts" spread at the back of the book that contains a true fact about each animal in the story (including "A blue whale can eat millions of krill a day!"), which would make for a fantastic introduction to a discussion on the size of sea creatures and the food chain.
Originally published: Sydney : Walker Books and subsidiaries, 2010.
The tale of an old salty sailor who swallows a krill which makes him ill, and who cures his terrible bellyache by eating each animal in the sea, one after another.
For children aged 3-7.