The Word Collector
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Peter H. Reynolds
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Summary
Some people collect stamps。
Some people collect coins。
Some people collect art。
And Jerome？
Jerome collected words 。 。 。
In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H。 Reynolds， Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words， two-syllable treats， and multisyllable words that sound like little songs。 Words that connect， transform， and empower。
From the creator of The Dot and Happy Dreamer comes a celebration of finding your own words -- and the impact you can have when you share them with the world。
Some people collect coins。
Some people collect art。
And Jerome？
Jerome collected words 。 。 。
In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H。 Reynolds， Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words， two-syllable treats， and multisyllable words that sound like little songs。 Words that connect， transform， and empower。
From the creator of The Dot and Happy Dreamer comes a celebration of finding your own words -- and the impact you can have when you share them with the world。
Reviews
WyldeCherry Blossom
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Finally got a chance to read this and needless to say that it did not disappoint。 Great bed time or anytime read！
Brandy
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I love the design of this book， the art， the representation， but there are some inconsistencies with the messages in a couple of parts。 I also didn’t like that he throws all his words into the valley。 Early childhood works hard to teach lessons on picking up trash， being a good citizen， so it just doesn’t quite fit with the other messages。 Maybe I’m picky！
Richard
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Recommended by Heather McGhee in her interview by the New York Times’ Ezra Klein: What ‘Drained-Pool’ Politics Costs America。 Ezra has always asked his guests for book recommendations， but since he fairly recently became a parent he has begun to explicitly ask about children’s books。 Recommended by Heather McGhee in her interview by the New York Times’ Ezra Klein: What ‘Drained-Pool’ Politics Costs America。 Ezra has always asked his guests for book recommendations， but since he fairly recently became a parent he has begun to explicitly ask about children’s books。 。。。more
Μαρία
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"Βρες τις δικές σου λέξεις， πες στον κόσμο ποιος είσαι και πως θα τον κάνεις καλύτερο。" "Βρες τις δικές σου λέξεις， πες στον κόσμο ποιος είσαι και πως θα τον κάνεις καλύτερο。" 。。。more
Mairéad
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3。5/5 A lovely picture book all about the joy of learning new words， perfect for a primary teacher who needs a prompt for their new class 'wonderful words wall'。 The illustrations and story were super engaging， I have no trouble imagining children aged 6-10 enjoying this as a read aloud in the classroom。 Would have been a 4* rating but the ending lost some of the simple joy of words the rest of the story embodied for me。 3。5/5 A lovely picture book all about the joy of learning new words， perfect for a primary teacher who needs a prompt for their new class 'wonderful words wall'。 The illustrations and story were super engaging， I have no trouble imagining children aged 6-10 enjoying this as a read aloud in the classroom。 Would have been a 4* rating but the ending lost some of the simple joy of words the rest of the story embodied for me。 。。。more
Ingeborg
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Peter H。 Reynolds is a great author， I adore his book The Dot。The word collector is a wonderful， wonderful picture book and a wonderful story， with a lot of love for words， a lot of warmth and something inherently beautiful。。。。 but it has a completely shallow and meaningless ending！ What a great shame！ Peter H。 Reynolds is a great author， I adore his book The Dot。The word collector is a wonderful， wonderful picture book and a wonderful story， with a lot of love for words， a lot of warmth and something inherently beautiful。。。。 but it has a completely shallow and meaningless ending！ What a great shame！ 。。。more
Rebecca
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I quite enjoy this lovely collection of words！
Laura Voelker
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This is a delightful book about the power of words。 While many people collect rocks， bugs， or baseball cards， Jerome collects words。 He collects words that he saw， read， or heard。 He collected more and more and more。 One day， Jerome had an accident and jumbled his words。 He discovered he could make songs and poems by putting words together。 Soon， Jerome's love of words became so great he felt he had to share them with others。 Peter H。 Reynolds uses fun illustrations and a unique storyline to a This is a delightful book about the power of words。 While many people collect rocks， bugs， or baseball cards， Jerome collects words。 He collects words that he saw， read， or heard。 He collected more and more and more。 One day， Jerome had an accident and jumbled his words。 He discovered he could make songs and poems by putting words together。 Soon， Jerome's love of words became so great he felt he had to share them with others。 Peter H。 Reynolds uses fun illustrations and a unique storyline to appeal to growing readers。 He introduces children to new vocabulary in a way that makes learning engaging and interesting。 Teachers can use the book as a mentor text for writing lessons on word choice and adjectives。 The book could also be used for vocabulary and spelling lessons。 Most importantly， Reynold's book sends the message that words are powerful and give people a voice。 。。。more
Betü
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4，5'tan 5。 Can kelimeleri biriktiyor。 Biri onunla konuştuğu zaman söylediği kelimelerin bazılarını seviyor ve koleksiyonuna ekliyor。 Gerisini okuyunca bilirsiniz。 4，5'tan 5。 Can kelimeleri biriktiyor。 Biri onunla konuştuğu zaman söylediği kelimelerin bazılarını seviyor ve koleksiyonuna ekliyor。 Gerisini okuyunca bilirsiniz。 。。。more
Beth Gea
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Un libro súper corto y tierno a más no poder！Me ha emocionado hasta el punto de hacerme saltar las lágrimas。Lo usaré en un círculo de biblioterapia sin duda。
Tracy
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Like everything Peter Reynolds writes， inspiring and uplifting message。
Beth
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I truly love this little book。 For all the logophiles out there， especially those who don’t know they are logomaniacs yet。
Clare Swapp
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A book about the power of words and the joys of discovering， using， and sharing them。
Lindsay Thornton
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This book is a great read for children simply just discussing the properties of language。 A boy named Peter learns about short words， two syllable words， and multi-syllable words。 He even learns the power behind words and their meanings。 This book also focuses on the impact that words can have on others。 Language learning can help improve children's thinking skills， as well as their memory abilities。 In the Rice article， he states "He regards children's first categories as tentative sorting with This book is a great read for children simply just discussing the properties of language。 A boy named Peter learns about short words， two syllable words， and multi-syllable words。 He even learns the power behind words and their meanings。 This book also focuses on the impact that words can have on others。 Language learning can help improve children's thinking skills， as well as their memory abilities。 In the Rice article， he states "He regards children's first categories as tentative sorting within the options provided by the perceptual regularities， categories that are "evanescent" in nature" （Rice， 1983）。 The importance of language acquisition and language learning is crucial to child's development。 Through this book as a future SLP I would be able to help children's early language skills develop through learning what two-syllable words are， and then multi-syllable words and so on。 For a child that may be language-impaired this book would be especially useful。 It would allow the teacher or SLP to teach them language skills while also practicing reading。 。。。more
Julie Allen
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Written in prose
Addie Healy
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I am so excited to add this book to my collection！ It inspires students to notice words they love， whether it be their meaning， sound， or how they look。 I plan to use this book to begin a classroom practice of word collection。 Students will write any interesting word they come across down on a slip of paper and add it to a big jar。 When students struggle to come up with writing ideas， one option will be for them to pull a few words out of the jar to inspire an interesting sentence or thought tha I am so excited to add this book to my collection！ It inspires students to notice words they love， whether it be their meaning， sound， or how they look。 I plan to use this book to begin a classroom practice of word collection。 Students will write any interesting word they come across down on a slip of paper and add it to a big jar。 When students struggle to come up with writing ideas， one option will be for them to pull a few words out of the jar to inspire an interesting sentence or thought that might lead to a great idea for their writing。 I will have the whole class practice this together to write poems。 。。。more
Alice
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A FUNtastic childrens/adult book。 I had the privilege of attending a P。H。 Reynolds author visit with K-2 students。 Wonderful， amazing， such a treat。 "Reach for your own words， Tell the world who you are and how you will make it better" - Peter H。 Reynolds A FUNtastic childrens/adult book。 I had the privilege of attending a P。H。 Reynolds author visit with K-2 students。 Wonderful， amazing， such a treat。 "Reach for your own words， Tell the world who you are and how you will make it better" - Peter H。 Reynolds 。。。more
G D'ANNA
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Adorable and a great concept for a picture book， but is it too nitpicky to say that I'm disappointed it ended in littering。。。。？ The idea was super cute though！ Adorable and a great concept for a picture book， but is it too nitpicky to say that I'm disappointed it ended in littering。。。。？ The idea was super cute though！ 。。。more
Courtney Gaddis
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I love this book！ The story itself is really unlike many children’s books and the illustrations were just fun。 The range of representation was great and it was a great read。 This would be great for students to read alone and just enjoy themselves reading。
Tony Pope
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Jerome collects words。。。。but one day realizes he can combine words into poems and songs and even share words。 Beautiful story。
Nancy
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Very good book in spanish。 I loved this book in English with Jeronimo collecting words and how he let them go to write his own self in the world using all the words he wants。
Sarah
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genre: poetrygrade range: kindergarten- 2nd gradepersonal review: I think that this is a book that students can relate to， because none of us know all of the words in any language， we are all learning！ It would be really fun for the class to make a "word collection" as well for spelling or vocabulary words！ I really liked this book and the way it was all put together。 It had great flow and a really fun idea behind it to keep kids engaged and related to the book。 genre: poetrygrade range: kindergarten- 2nd gradepersonal review: I think that this is a book that students can relate to， because none of us know all of the words in any language， we are all learning！ It would be really fun for the class to make a "word collection" as well for spelling or vocabulary words！ I really liked this book and the way it was all put together。 It had great flow and a really fun idea behind it to keep kids engaged and related to the book。 。。。more
Bri Feltz
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Genre: Contemporary Realistic FictionGrade Level: K-3rdI have loved this book since the first time I read it！ I have always been quite the collector my whole life （rocks， seashells， shoes， erasers）。 The list goes on and on！ I love the idea of a word collector！ We are all word collectors as we are growing up and learning new words when we learn to speak and then go to school and then continue into a profession。 I think this book is very relatable to children as it talks about collecting as many c Genre: Contemporary Realistic FictionGrade Level: K-3rdI have loved this book since the first time I read it！ I have always been quite the collector my whole life （rocks， seashells， shoes， erasers）。 The list goes on and on！ I love the idea of a word collector！ We are all word collectors as we are growing up and learning new words when we learn to speak and then go to school and then continue into a profession。 I think this book is very relatable to children as it talks about collecting as many children do， but it also encourages students to focus on colorful language。 We want our students to be great readers and writers and one of the biggest aspect of these things is vocabulary。 This is a great book to include in your classroom to promote the use of a wide vocabulary and have your own room full of word collectors。 I am also a huge fan of Peter H。 Reynolds books and illustrations！ 。。。more
Hailey Palm
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This was a fabulous book！ I loved that the storyline encourages young children to be curious about language and play around with words。 I think this book can inspire many young readers to become "word collectors" themselves and fall in love with language。 I also think there are lots of opportunities for extended thinking and additional classroom activities with this book！ This was a fabulous book！ I loved that the storyline encourages young children to be curious about language and play around with words。 I think this book can inspire many young readers to become "word collectors" themselves and fall in love with language。 I also think there are lots of opportunities for extended thinking and additional classroom activities with this book！ 。。。more
Holly
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Beautiful story of a boy who loves words and sharing them with the world。
Mariah Fuller
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Collectors collect things- it varies from person to person。 Jerome collected words！ Jerome learned more and more words as he explored more and more。 He ends up dropping his collection of words and begins to use the words to combine them and make works of art with those words put together。 Everyone can use words to build works of art。 Words are powerful， and words are multifaceted on so many different words。 This book does a good job of introducing the complexity of vocabulary and could easily be Collectors collect things- it varies from person to person。 Jerome collected words！ Jerome learned more and more words as he explored more and more。 He ends up dropping his collection of words and begins to use the words to combine them and make works of art with those words put together。 Everyone can use words to build works of art。 Words are powerful， and words are multifaceted on so many different words。 This book does a good job of introducing the complexity of vocabulary and could easily be incorporated into a classroom。 。。。more
Ashley Ewert
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We hear words， we say words， we read words。 Words hold power！ Jerome likes to collect words， but what he learns is that he likes to share his words with others even more than he likes to collect them， so that is just what he does！
Clarissa Arcidino
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Love this book so much！ It is heartfelt and clever all in the right spots--the pictures are to die for！ Then again， I am a huge huge Reynolds fan--maybe that makes me a little basis！！ I am never disappointed when I read his titles。 I highly recommend this book be added to for a personal library， classroom library， etc。
Amy K
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My kids love this book， they never tire of it。 My daughter hopes to catch one of Jerome's words from the breeze。 My kids love this book， they never tire of it。 My daughter hopes to catch one of Jerome's words from the breeze。 。。。more
Emily Heid
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This story is about Jerome who collects words。 I love that Jerome is fascinated by the words he hears， reads， and says。 I think it is precious to see how much he loves words。 I think that could be encouraging to students in the classroom when learning new vocabulary。 I recommend this book！
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