folk songs

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There was an old lady who swallowed a rose!

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a rose, some lace, glitter, and other items associated with Valentine's Day.

There was an old lady who swallowed a shell!

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a shell, a crab, a fish, a gull, a pail, some sand, and a wave.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

2013
The accidental ingestion of a fly leads an old lady to swallow larger and larger animals, ending with a horse that causes her ultimate demise.

The 12 days of Christmas

a pop-up celebration
Cut-out illustrations re-create the traditional scenes of the holiday season using colorful, solid backgrounds with white pop-ups, gold foil, acetate, mylar, and a one-of-a-kind pop-up snow globe.

There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a greedy, hungry dragon eventually learns moderation.

There was an old monster!

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomach ache than began when he swallowed a tick.

There was an old lady who swallowed a frog!

Presents a retelling of the classic tale in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a frog.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

2000
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.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly!

2014
The accidental ingestion of a fly leads an old lady to swallow larger and larger animals, ending with a horse that causes her ultimate demise.

Let's play in the forest while the wolf is not around!

2006
In this adaptation of the traditional French and Latin American song, animals play in the forest while a scary wolf slowly dresses and becomes hungrier and hungrier.

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