There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

by Simms Taback, and published by Viking

The book cover of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" by Simms Taback features the old lady with her mouth wide open in the act of swallowing the fly. The Randolph Caldecott Medal Honor Book Award Seal has been affixed in the lower left corner.

About

The popular American folk song of the old woman with an insatiable taste for life is served up in a fresh presentation. The reader is treated to an insider's view of her progressively excessive appetite through expanding die-cut peepholes to the inevitable climax.

"A tour de force in innovative book illustration and design; the art is kinetic using mixed media and collage elements and enhanced by glossy black backgrounds."

Awards Won

Title Year
Caldecott Medal Image Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
 1998 - Honor(s)