There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Leaves!

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. Jared Lee received a BFA degree from the John Herron Art Institute. After serving two years in the military and working for one year at Gibson Greetings as a greeting card designer, he became a free-lance illustrator in 1970. He was one of the six illustrators chosen to create the first group of McDonald's Happy Meal boxes. He has illustrated more than 80 children's books including the Black Lagoon series by Mike Thaler.