Colins Grandma (A Colin and Duck Story)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Colins Grandma (A Colin and Duck Story)
By (Author) Holly Swain
HarperCollins Publishers
Farshore
25th November 2025
28th August 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
32
Width 220mm, Height 280mm, Spine 2mm
180g
Description
The gloriously funny follow-up to the critically acclaimed Colins Castle, nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2025!
Colin and Duck are back!
Colin and Duck are now friends. Theyre happily sharing their castle and theyre expecting a visitor.
Grandmas brought lots of luggage and her pet crocodile. Eek! Will she like Colins unconventional castle Will she like his vegetarian cooking And will she like DUCK!
The highly anticipated sequel to Colins Castle, with hilarious new characters and a brilliantly funny final twist.
Colins Castle is nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2025
Reviews
Praise for Colins Castle:
Hilarious The Sunday Times
"[a] superbly humorous picture book V's View from the Bookshelves blog
Full of humour and beautifully illustrated, young readers will enjoy the duck's antics and Colins attempts to live a bird-free life" RTJr
The illustrations of Colin and his duck are delightful and the details of the castle are brilliant! [] This is definitely a book to enjoy together in the autumn term. Scope for Imagination Blog
Colin's Castle is gentle and hilarious, and the illustrations are full of so many wondrous little details. Colin is a utter DELIGHT. LoveReading4Kids
"A perfect autumnal treat, Colins Castle is a story which will have children laughing hysterically before bedtime or in their classroom." Check Em Out Books blog
With a fiendishly funny adventure to enjoy, two unlikely adversaries, and a whole castle full of laughs, you wont want to duck out of this rollicking romp! Lancashire Evening Post
Author Bio
Holly Swain has always loved to draw, making up characters and their worlds, and she used to have a huge roll of paper under her bed that she constantly drew on. It gradually got smaller and smaller, by which time she was big enough to go to college. She studied illustration at UWE Bristol and then did an MA at University of Brighton. Holly lives with her family in Hove.
