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There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Book
2019
First Published
3.44
Average Rating
32
Number of Pages

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs meets There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly in this clever, irreverent update of our most beloved children's classics. The little old woman who lives in a book has lost her children! But instead of sitting around and waiting for them to show up, in a refreshingly empowering, feminist take on the classic tale, she departs on a mission to find her kids herself—even if it means popping into every other fairy tale and nursery rhyme in town! She'll enlist the help of Humpty Dumpty, Jack and his beanstalk, Princess Beauty, the Three Bears, and more familiar characters in her quest to rescue her kids. This silly, irreverent picture book is a clever jaunt through our most beloved children's stories—and it's sure to become the next modern day classic.

Avg Rating
3.44
Number of Ratings
146
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
18%
1 STARS
5%
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Author

Jomike Tejido
Jomike Tejido
Author · 23 books
JOMIKE TEJIDO is an architect, painter, author and illustrator based in Manila. He has illustrated over 100 children’s books, some of which he also wrote, including There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Book (Jimmy Patterson/ Little & Brown 2019), the award-winning Tagu-taguan (Ilaw ng Tahanan Publishing/Manila/Best Reads 2010), CLaysaurus books, Jepy the Jeepney books, and the Foldabots Toy Books, which is a series of cardboard robots kids can make. As a painter, Jomike has held 11 solo exhibitions. Visit his work at www.jomiketejido.com
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