Lucille Colandro is the author of the There Was an Old Lady books. She wrote her first Old Lady book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat, when an editor asked for a Halloween book with a lady who didn't die at the end. Lucille's old lady swallows everything from leaves to pants to snow always with a funny surprise at the end! In 2016 her title There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! made The New York Times Best Seller List.
Genres: Children's Fiction
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Series
There Was an Old Lady
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! (2003)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! (2005)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell! (2006)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell! (2006)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! (2009)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! (2010)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! (2012)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books! (2012)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! (2012)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Sticker Book! (2014)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog! (2014)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! (2014)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! (2016)
There Was An Old Mermaid Who Swallowed a Shark! (2018)
There Was An Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map! (2018)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cow! (2018)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Birthday Cake (2019)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cactus! (2020)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Ghost! (2020)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Truck! (2022)
There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur! (2022)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Spoon! (2022)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dragon! (2023)
There Was an Old Lady Who Picked a Pumpkin! (2023)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Worm! (2024)
There Was an Old Lady Who Built a Snowman! (2024)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rainbow! (2025)
There Was an Old Lady Who Said Trick or Treat! (2025)
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! (2003)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! (2005)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell! (2006)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell! (2006)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! (2009)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! (2010)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! (2012)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books! (2012)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! (2012)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Sticker Book! (2014)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog! (2014)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly! (2014)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! (2016)
There Was An Old Mermaid Who Swallowed a Shark! (2018)
There Was An Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map! (2018)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cow! (2018)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Birthday Cake (2019)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cactus! (2020)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Ghost! (2020)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Truck! (2022)
There Was an Old Scientist Who Swallowed a Dinosaur! (2022)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Spoon! (2022)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dragon! (2023)
There Was an Old Lady Who Picked a Pumpkin! (2023)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Worm! (2024)
There Was an Old Lady Who Built a Snowman! (2024)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rainbow! (2025)
There Was an Old Lady Who Said Trick or Treat! (2025)
Novels
Collections
Summertime Friends Collection (2008)
My Christmas Treasury (2012) (with Steven Kroll and Cheryl Ryan)
My Christmas Treasury (2012) (with Steven Kroll and Cheryl Ryan)
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