I KNOW A SHY FELLOW WHO SWALLOWED A CELLO
Barbara S. Garriel, , illus. by John O'Brien. . Boyds Mills, $15.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-59078-043-5
Instead of an old woman who swallows a fly, this droll cumulative tale introduces a shy fellow who swallows a cello. "I don't know why he swallowed the cello," says the narrator, "Perhaps he'll bellow." The tall, mouse-like protagonist swallows "a harp to jam with the cello," a sax to join the harp, and so on, until he eventually burps up not only the cello, but also the other instruments one by one. Like Terry Gilliam's Monty Python animation, O'Brien's (
Reviewed on: 04/19/2004
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 32 pages - 978-1-59078-946-9
Prebound-Sewn - 978-0-613-79880-8