Simms Taback

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.

The reader is invited to guess which animal is hiding beneath the flaps on each page.

A little girl misses someone so much that she wraps herself up like a package and sends herself through the mail.

Joseph had a little overcoat (animated): Joseph, the tailor, is very resourceful. When his overcoat becomes old and worn, he make it into a jacket, then his jacket into a vest, and so on until he nothing left. There was an old lady who swallowed a fly (animated): Fresh and hilarious version of the poem about the silly old lady with the ever-expanding stomach who swallowed everything from a fly to a horse. Excerpt from Getting to know Simms Taback...

Jason becomes a hero when he takes a bus ride.

Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests.