There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Birthday Cake

The Old Lady is back and ready to celebrate her birthday in this hilarious, first original board book in this evergreen series

There was an old lady who swallowed a cake. I don't know why she swallowed the cake. It was a mistake Scholastic's Old Lady is more popular than ever, and in celebration she's swallowing a cake... and a candle, and a sign, and some balloons, and a hat, and some gifts. Can you guess why? Consistently topping the USA Today and Bookscan bestseller lists at holiday time, this evergreen Cartwheel series continues to surprise and delight. With a brand-new spin-off series that launched in Spring 2018 alongside this first original 32-page fully illustrated board book, our Old Lady is poised to soar to even greater heights in 2019