num_pages: 15
description: Forty years after its first publication this much-loved Child's Play classic is as popular as ever.An illustrated version of the cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. Thanks to the imaginative book construction, die-cut pages permit a portion of the next illustration to be successively revealed as the story progresses.Ingenious die-cut holes bring this iconic nursery rhyme to life, and 
  Pam Adams'
 fabulous illustrations lend humor, vibrancy and charm to the proceedings. Bouncy images, innovative die cutting and favorite rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child.
language: English
title: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Books with Holes)
titlecomplete: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Books with Holes) (Big Books Series)
genres: Fiction, Humor, Poetry, Storytime, Music, Childrens, Nursery Rhymes, Picture Books, Animals, Classics
ratings_count: 29936
series: Classic Books with Holes
publisher: Child's Play