Barbara S. GarrielRecensioni

This shy fellow, a wallflower, swallows a cello, followed by many more musical instruments, until at last he burps, belches, and bellows. Imagine how the instruments make music this way.
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I know a shy fellow who swallowed a cello is similar to the book, I know an old lady who swallowed a fly. This version is about a man who swallows a cello but we do not know why and it continues with him swallowing different instruments. It's great to use to show kids that you can use the same verison of the book just change the characters to make it your own.

This poem follows a pattern many children will already be familiar with. I think they would find it very enjoyable, however something about the illustrations of a person swallowing instruments and then belching them back up was a little disturbing to me.½

The same story line as I knew an Old Women who Swallowed a Fly. Student could make their own example by like I knew a bad man who swalloed a ham. Then add different types of food.

Variation on the old lady who swallowed a fly. This fellow swallows a cello, a harp, a sax, a fiddle, a cymbal, a flute, a kazoo, and finally a bell.

He's shy, a wallflower. He's the man at the side of the room listening to a duet for cello and viola. Even now you wouldn't notice him. But our shy fellow suddenly has an urge to swallow a cello, which is precisely what he does. And he doesn't stop there. He follows it with a harp, a sax, and a fiddle. On and on he goes, trying to satisfy his voracious appetite for musical instruments. A strange diet, you say? It's the perfect diet for a strange fellow, a strange, shy fellow. Barbara S. Garriel's wacky take-off on the old woman who swallowed a fly is the perfect match for John O'Brien's fertile and funny imagination. -- GoodReads