Lucille Colandro
Personal Information
Description
Lucille Colandro is the author of the There Was an Old Lady series. She began her career in education as a high school English teacher in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. Lucille wrote her first Old Lady book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!, when an editor asked for a Halloween book that wasn’t too scary for little kids. Since then, Lucille has gone on to write more than 15 books in this bestselling series. The rhyming text, silly stories, and hilarious illustrations have made the Old Lady books a kid-favorite series. Lucille enjoys reading and working in New York City. [source](
Books
There was an old pirate who swallowed a map!
The OLD LADY turns into an OLD PIRATE who travels across the seas, swallowing a map ... and a rope, and a sword, and a spyglass, and an anchor, and a flag, and a treasure... Why? Well, it was a pleasure to swallow that treasure!
There was an old lady who swallowed a Turkey!
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmAD400L Lexile
There was an old lady who swallowed a rose!
In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a rose, some lace, glitter, and other items associated with Valentine's Day.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Desk!
A quirky teacher swallows a desk and multiple other items to decorate a classroom in this adaptation of the familiar folk song. This Scholastic, Inc. book was created by Scholastic Book Club, exclusively for each student, to be given them by their teacher, and is not for resale. Child will learn new sight words, including: DESK, CHAIR, PAPER, BOOK, BAG.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmAD350L Lexile
There was an old lady who swallowed a chick!
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.AD450L Lexile
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Frog! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
There was an old lady who swallowed a clover!
"You won't believe why this old lady swallowed a clover, a daisy, a butterfly, a bird, a pot, some gold, and a fiddle"--P. of cover.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books
A twist on the classic tale of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" takes the story even further as the lady goes about swallowing a variety of items related to school, including books, a ruler, and chalk.
There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow -library
In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows some snow, a pipe, some coal, a hat, a stick, and a scarf.