Love. Death. Magic. Preschool Gems the book was published by Penguin Random House USA in August of 2012. Preschool Gems is the brilliant ramblings of tiny, dynamic individuals collected while Leslie was working as a teacher.
Over the course of two years, Leslie's Twitter following on @PreschoolGems grew to over 200,000 followers.
Preschool Gems has been featured by Oregon Public Broadcasting, Huffington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, AM Northwest, Reader’s Digest and O, The Oprah Magazine.
"Wisdom and pearls from preschoolers." —Reader’s Digest
"A teacher reports the adorbs bon mots overheard at work: "Why does the dog have a butt?" "I've been longing and longing to see a germ." — O, The Oprah Magazine, from the feature "5 Twitter Accounts That Make Us Laugh. A few wise and witty Twitterers you need in your feed."
"While some fictional little personas, like @HonestToddler make excellent use of the medium to spread their bedtime-defying, unbroken-cracker-loving gospel, Leslie McCollom's feed, @PreschoolGems, is special because her quotes come from whole classes full of boys and girls under the age of six. McCollom, a preschool teacher from Portland, Ore., shares funny comments and drawings from her students." —Huffington Post
Preschool Gems Book Trailer, 2012. Animation by Chris Fontaine.
