This Old Lady’s St. Paddy’s Day Feat: Ten Things Swallowed… and Counting! 🍀🤪

That snack-happy granny’s back—and this time, she’s going full-on Irish! Lucille Colandro’s There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover! takes the classic gobble-fest to ludicrous new heights. A flower? Sure. A butterfly? Why not. A pot of gold?! Absolutely—this lady’s stomach defies physics AND logic.

With every page, the chaos escalates in the most gleefully repetitive way: layer upon layer of swallowed nonsense (“She swallowed the fiddle to play with the leprechaun… who danced jigs on the coins she’d just swallowed!”). Kids will be cackling at the sheer absurdity while secretly learning cause/effect (sort of). Bold, kinetic illustrations amp up the madness—just try not to snort when her belly starts distorting like a funhouse mirror.

Why Shamrock Lovers Will Devour It:

• Call-and-Response Gold: Ideal for group reads (all together now: “WHY’D SHE EAT THAT??”).
• Hidden Visual Gags: That dog’s bewildered side-eye deserves an award.
• Folktale Flair: Like The Gingerbread Man… if he’d been eaten by a Grandma-shaped black hole.

Pair With: There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map! for a thematic binge.

Secret Sauce:

• Zeroed in on specific goofy moments (“jigs on the coins”) instead of generic praise.
• Cut “made me laugh”—showed humor through exaggerated examples.
• Tossed in seasonal hooks (St. Paddy’s Day!) and slightly unhinged similes (“belly like a funhouse mirror”).
• Bonus points for implying the old lady might be part boa constrictor.

Got another wretchedly ravenous character to hype? Dig in! 🎭