What Did She Swallow?
What is the first thing the old lady swallowed?
Nobody knows?
"She swallowed the chair to slide under the desk. I don't know why she swallowed the desk, can you...
...guess?"
This is the first item she swallowed.
This person wrote There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Desk!
Lucille Colandro
To sit under the desk, she swallowed this.
The chair
Why did she swallow the chair?
To sit under the desk.
"It was quite a caper to swallow that...
...paper."
This is the second thing she swallowed.
A chair
This artist illustrated the quirky, hungry old lady.
Jared Lee
To cover the chair, she swallowed this.
Paper
Why did she swallow the paper?
To cover the chair.
"Why did she dare to swallow the...
...chair?"
This is the third thing she swallowed.
Paper
Who is the title character in this story?
The old lady
To write on the paper, she swallowed this.
Pencils
Why did she swallow the pencils?
To write on the paper.
"She thought it essential to swallow those...
...pencils."
This is the fourth thing she swallowed.
Pencils
This is the season that the old lady is getting ready for in the story.
Back to School
To hold all the pencils, she swallowed this.
A book bag
Why did she swallow the book bag?
To hold all the pencils.
"She did not gag when she swallowed that...
...bag."
This is the last thing she swallowed.
A book bag
At the end of the book, she regurgitates all her swallowed items to do this for the students.
Decorate the classroom