Audio Storytime: Holidays 2025

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This selection of audio storytimes are all about the festive season, highlighting Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years! Listen to them solo or together as a family. We hope you enjoy these new podcasts and that they brighten your holiday experience.

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
Written by Alison Jackson and Illustrated by Judy Schachner

Book Cover of I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. An older woman sits holding a large pie emitting steam. A baby, a child, and a white cat watch.

Hello friends! It's Miss Cathy from the Mary L. Cook Library. Won't you join me for a story? I'll read and you can use your imagination to see the pictures. Let's get started. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie written by Alison Jackson, illustrated by Judith Byron Schachner.

I know an old lady who swallowed a pie, a Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed some cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a roll, just swallowed it whole, the entire roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a squash. Oh my gosh, a fat yellow squash. She swallowed the squash to go with the roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a salad. She was looking quite pallid from eating that salad. She swallowed the salad to go with the squash. She swallowed the squash to go with the roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a turkey. Her future looked murky after that turkey. She swallowed the turkey to go with the salad. She swallowed the salad to go with the squash. She swallowed the squash to go with the roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a pot. I kid you not. She swallowed a pot. She swallowed the pot to go with the turkey. She swallowed the turkey to go with the salad. She swallowed the salad to go with the squash. She swallowed the squash to go with the roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cake. For goodness sake, a 10 layer cake. She swallowed the cake to go with the pot. She swallowed the pot to go with the turkey. She swallowed the turkey to go with the salad. She swallowed the salad to go with the squash. She swallowed the squash to go with the roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider that rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, the Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed some bread. “I'm full,” she said. Happy Thanksgiving.

Sound effects obtained from ZapSplat , BBC SFX Library, and Incompetech.