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There Was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider
From the creators of the bestselling There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog comes a spooky rendition of the popular "Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" song.
As the old mummy makes his way across a graveyard and through a haunted castle, he swallows all kinds of creepy things. From a rat to witches' brew, and a crow to a spooky ghost, this mummy keeps swallowing and swallowing...until finally there's a knock on the door. Trick or treat! Jennifer Ward's fun text and Steve Gray's zany artwork add a spooky Halloween twist to this adaptation of the popular song.
Book Details
- Publisher: Two Lions
- Publish Date: Jul 21st, 2015
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 10.20in - 10.30in - 0.60in - 1.15lb
- EAN: 9781477826379
- Recommended age: 05-08
- Categories: • Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween• Humorous Stories• Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations
About the Author
Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous acclaimed books for children, including There Was an Old Monkey Who Swallowed a Frog, which was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice and went on to become a bestselling Kindle book. Her recent titles include Mama Built a Little Nest, illustrated by Steve Jenkins, which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist; What Will Hatch?, illustrated by Susie Ghahremani; and There Was an Old Martian Who Swallowed the Moon, illustrated by Steve Gray. She lives in Illinois. Learn more at www.jenniferwardbooks.com.
Steve Gray's award-winning humorous illustrations have been seen in digital media, broadcast, and print publication. His six-minute animated short Santa's Camels has been shown in over seventy film festivals around the world. Steve's recent children's books include The Ant Who Walked from New York to L.A., which he cowrote with Andy Hardie-Brown, and There Was an Old Martian Who Swallowed the Moon, written by Jennifer Ward. He lives in California. Learn more at www.stevegrayillustration.com.
Praise for this book
"This book has something for everyone and is sure to be a hit in any children's collection." --School Library Journal
"In [There Was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider], a bulgy-eyed mummy rises from its sarcophagus and proceeds to swallow a string of objects, animals, and people, including a spider, crow, bone, and witch. In increasingly frenetic cartoons, [Steve] Gray stages the debacle on the grounds of a quintessential haunted house, precariously perched in a tree over a graveyard. Full-spread scenes of the mummy chasing his victims alternate with glimpses of what's going on in his belly--the swallowed creatures appear to be having a reasonably good time, simmering green witch's brew over a campfire--which should make for some enjoyably silly Halloween reading." --Publishers Weekly
"Ward and Gray exchange the little old lady for an old mummy, and the book gets pleasantly goofy from there...For preschoolers who want a Halloween book that is more silly than scary." --Kirkus Reviews
"Cartoonish digital illustrations use lots of wide, fearful eyes and luminous backgrounds to make the graveyard and haunted-castle settings glow with Halloween anticipation." --Horn Book Magazine