Colossal Words for Kids

“Wonderfully fun and playful celebration of words.”

* INIS Magazine *

“Hypnotically entertaining”

– Ron Charles * Washington Post *

“…a very clever collection of poems”

– Margaret Kingsbury * Book Riot *

A “browsing book for word-loving families.”

– Meghan Cox Gurdon * Wall Street Journal *

So clever […] adds understanding and meaning to these words […] so much fun [..] looks beautiful’ 

– Jacqueline Shepherd * BBC Radio London *

‘what a fabulous idea, it’s great what you’re doing […] fabulous illustrations […] oh, I love it […]  very clever, explains the word perfectly’ 

– Hannah Murray * Talk Radio *

‘Book of the Week’ - ‘Want to expand your children’s vocabulary? Try this book.’

– Emily Bearn * The Daily Telegraph *

‘Best Books 2024’ - “Draws readers into a wonderland of 75 terms”

* Good Housekeeping *

Colette Hiller is a writer, arts producer and author of the critically acclaimed poetry book The B on Your Thumb. Her children’s rhymes have been featured on BBC Words and Pictures and her children’s album, Applehead, has been a hit with kids across the world, selling over 50,000 copies. An advocate of early learning, Colette believes that even very young children are receptive to the joy of wordplay. She taught her own twins to read by the time they were three.

Tor Freeman is a London-based illustrator. In 2012 she was awarded the Sendak Fellowship. In 2017 she won the Guardian Graphic Short Story Prize. Her books include the Digby Dog and Olive series.