About this item
We all know that "there was an old lady" who swallowed lots of things. Now meet the old dragon who swallows pretty much an entire kingdom! Will he ever learn a little moderation?! This rollicking rhyme is full to bursting with sight gags, silly characters, and plenty of burps! Parents and kids alike will delight in Ben Mantle's precisely funny illustrations and in Penny Parker Klostermann's wacky rhymes. In days of yore, before a certain fly's ultimately fatal encounter with an Old Lady, there was an old dragon who felt rather peckish. "There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight. / I don't know why he swallowed the knight // It's not polite!" He follows the knight with the knight's steed ("that galloped around at a terrible speed") . Then a squire, a cook, a lady, a castle, and finally a moat are each swallowed in turn. But ... "With all of that water, he started to bloat. / And that's when the dragon roared, and I quote: / 'Okay, enough! I've had enough - / More than enough of this swallowing stuff!' " So realizing that eating all those things might have been "a tad impolite," the old dragon burps them all out in reverse except the knight (which is "ahhh ... just right") . Klostermann's debut is a rollicking and warped Medieval take on the well-worn cumulative rhyme. Prolific British animator and illustrator Mantle's expressive and bright cartoon illustrations of the red, horned dragon (and the contents of his stomach) are a perfect match. The antics within the dragon's stomach - every image of the steed is accompanied by a little "clippity, clippity, clippity, clop" in teeny type - and his copious burping will leave 'em laughing. No matter how many swallowed-fly titles you own, this one belongs on your shelf too. KIrkus, May 1,2015From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Penny Parker Klostermann is the author of There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight and A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale (both from Random House Children's Books. She loves all kinds of books, but especially loves very silly picture books that make her laugh or nonfiction picture books that teach her new things. She has been known to hug her favorite picture books and seriously hopes that someday her books will gain huggable status too.Penny taught school for twenty-six years and still loves to visit schools in person or via Skype to connect with readers. Penny grew up in Colorado and now lives in Abilene, Texas-the Storybook Capital of Texas!Website: https://pennyklostermann.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penny.parkerklostermannTwitter: @pklostermannPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pennylk/
