The title of the book is "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly." Written and Illustrated by Simms Taback. This book is about a lady who swallowed a lot of animals; fly, spider, bird, cat, dog, cow, and a horse. And then, she died.
I thought it was lighthearted fantasy mixed with folklore and poetry. Maybe we do eat some of the animals but not when it is alive :)
As I reviewed on the six elements of social justice, not one of the elements show in the book. It was short and silly. I don't think I will use this book to teach my students because it doesn't teach us anything and the fact that the book ended with the lady that died abruptly took me a surprised. However students can read this book for entertainment.
"There was an old lady who swallowed a fly", this read-for-fun book definitely doesn't apply to a real-life situation. But the genre of this book can be helpful for children to develop their imaginative stories as it boosts their creativity skills as well. Also, at least this story's one of purposes is to 'expose and warn' children to not eat a fly and other animals, ha.
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