- "Child Welfare: A Global History"
- "Women and the Family in 19th-Century Italian Thought: Childbirth, Education, and Morality in the Age of Risorgimento"
- "The Politics of Child Abuse in Post-World War II Italy: Between Welfare and Custody"
- "Motherhood in Italy, 1860-1950: Mothers in Thought, Public Policy, and Life Experience"
- "Women in 19th-Century Italy"
- "Storia dell'assistenza all'infanzia in Italia" (in Italian; also published in English as "Child Care in Italy")
- "Gli asili infantili in Italia: nascita e sviluppo dal Settecento al 1945" (in Italian)
Articles and book chapters
Colosimo has also written numerous articles and book chapters on the history of childcare in Italy and elsewhere. Her work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Social History, the Journal of Modern Italian Studies, and the Journal of Women's History.
Her recent publications included:
- "La protezione dei bambini: dalle origini al Secondo conflitto mondiale" (in Italian) published in 2023.
- "Italian Women in the Second Half of the 20th Century: Mothers, Workers, Citizens" published in 2019.
- "A Short History of Child Protection" published in 2016.