Colossal Words for Kids: 75 Tremendous Words: Neatly Defined to Stick in the Mind

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Colette Hiller Tor Freeman

Colossal Words for Kids

75 Tremendous Words: Neatly Defined to Stick in the Mind

Colette Hiller, Tor Freeman

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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
09 May 2024

Boost your child's growing vocabulary with 60 hilariously illustrated poems from Colette Hiller, author of the critically acclaimed kids' poetry book The B on Your Thumb.

Each poem in this funny, funky book teaches a specific important word, as well as its meaning and spelling, in an innovative and accessible format that kids will love. Using rhythm and wordplay, the poems help build a colossal vocabulary, thinking skills and literacy - without kids even noticing! But most of all, this book delights young readers with the joy and silliness of the English language. Building a colossal vocabulary has never felt so natural, or so much fun! Each word in this collection is defined in a simple rhyme.

Using rhythm, humour and logic, each word's meaning is made clear and accessible. Kids will want to try them out straight away: it's a ready-to-use collection! You and your kids will love:

Rolling rhymes that will be chanted again and again

Fun and quirky drawings that bring these educational poems to life

Holistic learning premise from Colette Hiller, skilled in writing educational poetry for children

From Ambiguous to Zealous, the words in this book are for 7-to-12-year-olds. It may seem inconceivable for one book to encompass such a wide age span!

But in fact, inconceivable - and all the other words in this book - were selected from vocabulary lists intended for older children, so that younger children can challenge themselves and discover a wealth of great new words!

By: Colette Hiller
Illustrated by: Tor Freeman
Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 205mm,
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9780711278738
ISBN 10: 0711278733
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 09 May 2024
Recommended Age: From 7 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.