One Little Word

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A beautiful and moving picture book from Waterstones Childrens Laureate, Joseph Coelho, tells the story of how a big, hairy argument gets in between two best friends. "The argument came from nowhere. It sat huge and bloated in the middle of the playground between me and my best friend." This big hairy monster appears out of the blue one day, splitting up the best friends and growing bigger and bigger, until it starts to ruin all the children in the playgrounds fun.Together, they learn how to shrink the monster until it vanishes completely, to the point where they cant even remember what it looks like! Coelhos gentle and lyrical verse pair perfectly with Allison Colpoys beautiful illustrations to create a book which will be treasured by young readers. This is an ode to the power of an apology, and to treasuring a special bond that runs deeper than even the friends realised.

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'"The children's laureate's engaging contribution to the picture book trend for blobby creatures that represent feelings. "Sorry" makes anger vanish. With lively illustrations of the playground."' - The Sunday Times - One To Watch

'"This relatable tale explains the importance of apologising - and then forgetting."' - The Sun

'"A big hairy monster comes between two friends in this rhyming story about friendship and the power of saying sorry by the current UK Children's Laureate."' - The Bookseller

'A touching story about the importance of friendship and the power of saying sorry." ' - The Bookseller - Black Issue

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Author Bio

JOSEPH COELHO is the Waterstones Childrens Laureate 2022-2024. In 2019 he won the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award for If All the World Were which has been translated into over 10 languages. He has been long-listed for The Carnegie Childrens Award with his poetry collection Overheard In A Tower Block, which was also shortlisted for the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award and Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards. He won the 2015 CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award with his debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules. His debut Picture Book, Luna Loves Library Day was voted one of the nations favourite picture books by a survey led by World Book Day. His other poetry books include How To Write Poems and A Year Of Nature Poems .He has written plays for companies including: Soho Theatre, Polka Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, Theatre Royal York, Oily Cart and The Spark Childrens Festival to name a few. Joseph has been a guest poet on Cbeebies Rhyme Rocket, Radio 4s Poetry Playtime and Front Row. He is the presenter of BBCs Teach Poetry (Oct 2018) and features in DiscoveryEDUKs Poetry CurriculumAllison Colpoys is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Her books include All the Ways to Be Smart, Under the Love Umbrella and My Beautiful Voice. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.