Colette’s new picturebook reminds children of their natural superpowers: How to be in the moment, How to imagine and
How to have fun !
With humorous illustrations from debut talent Corrie Gorman, this is a testament to what young children can teach grown-ups about life!
Published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
Hardback | ISBN:ISBN 978-1-3985-4826-8 | Age 3+
Things to Teach Your Grown-Up, kids will learn that adults have feelings too. But their timing is key! Say they are quietly having a bath – they won’t want to be a spotted giraffe!
With 2026 marking the National Year of Reading, Things to Teach Your Grown-Up is a timely exploration of imagination, play, and enjoyment for people of all ages. With the flick of a wand, children’s vivid imaginations allow them to turn into a cat, a trapeze artist and even make the sofa soar through the air like a magic carpet. Grown-ups, however, can find it difficult to imagine and play and may need a little help remembering how to!
Things to Teach Your Grown-Up is an empowering children’s book, which reminds little ones of their own natural superpowers: how to imagine, be in the moment, and have fun!
Colette Hiller says: ‘What can children teach adults? When I ask children, they always know: “How to have fun!” they say. This book is about exactly that. We know that children’s empty , unstructured time is threatened by screen culture. It’s more important than ever to remind children of their particular superpowers.’
What people are saying
Clever, engaging, educational.
If you know a child who loves learning big words, likes funny pictures and enjoys a rhyme then Colossal Words for Kids is a book for them
There should be a space reserved on every home and school bookshelf for this.
Colossal Words for Kids, by Colette Hiller and Tor Freeman, will have clever young tongues wagging …
Whether the reader is young or old, for a lover of words, Colossal Words for Kids is pure gold!
The B on Your Thumb is clever, engaging, educational and fun. I wish I had thought of it. I can’t wait to read it to my daughter.
Colette Hiller
I started off as a dancer at NY’s High School of Performing Arts and came to London with the original production of Annie. I spent many years on the London stage, before joining The BBC where I worked as a producer. For the past ten years, I’ve produced cultural projects across the world, filling city streets with public pianos, ping pong tables and Talking Statues. I’ve also written a best selling children’s CD – Applehead – a story with songs. Colossal Words for Kids is my new book –for 7 -11 year old. It enables even young children to master all kinds of interesting words. If you have favourite word rhyme from the book, , I’d love to know! Do pop me an email or video and show or tell me.
Contact
Amazon Author page
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Colette-Hiller/author/B08CVN5CPQ?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
To contact me directly:
Colette@singlondon.org