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Blue is a quiet color. Red’s a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don’t like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand — until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other's differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count.

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*Starred Review* There are many stories about bullies, but few have looked at the subject in such an attractive, original way. Using round splashes of watercolors as their personas, Otoshi introduces a group of colors. Quiet Blue likes looking at the sky. The other colors have their own characteristics: Orange is outgoing; Green is bright; Purple is regal. Red, though, is a hothead and likes to tease: “Red is hot. Blue is not.” Blue feels bad, and though the other colors comfort him, they’re afraid of Red. In a dramatic and effective spread, Red, feeling mean, grows into a bigger, ever-angrier ball. Enter One. The sturdy numeral wins over the other colors with laughter, making Red even madder, but when he tries his bullying ways on One, One stands up to him. The other colors follow, turning Red into a small ball. He is rolling away when Blue gracefully offers him a chance to be counted. The use of colors and numbers gives the story a much-needed universality, and there is a visceral power in the “strength-in-numbers” gambit (although it should be noted that it can work for ill as well as good). Otoshi cleverly offers a way to talk to very young children about the subject of bullying, even as she helps put their imaginations to work on solutions. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ KO Kids Books; 4th Printing edition (October 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0972394648
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0972394642
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 6 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 510L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.5 x 9 inches

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- #58 in Children's Colors Books

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Kathryn Otoshi is a multi-award winning author/illustrator and national/international speaker best known for her character-building book series, “Zero”, “One”, and “Two”. She goes to schools across the country to encourage kids to develop strong character assets, and helps teachers find customized, creative methods to engage and connect with their students through art, reading and the power of literature. Her latest book, “Beautiful Hands”, co-authored with Bret Baumgarten, is a call-to-action book reminding kids to use their hands to do something positive and inspirational for each other and our communities. Her upcoming book, “Draw the Line”, about boundaries and conflict-resolution, will be coming out in 2017.

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Mimyam

Adorable book

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2023

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I loved reading this book to my grandsons over and over. They loved it too and had a great message about bullying! The illustration is great! My grandson colored the pictures onto his own drawings. I highly recommend this book. And I thank my niece who recommended it to me!

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Nicki Heskin

5 Stars is Not Enough -- Amazing New Book About Bullying (with colors and counting too)

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2008

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I am so moved by this book, I barely know where to start writing about it. My daughter just received this for her 6th birthday, and it is maybe the most unique new idea I have seen in children's books in a really long time. If this doesn't become a bestseller, it's a crime.

Using the metaphor of colors, Otoshi gently creates a group of kids with different personalities. Blue is quiet and contemplative, yellow is sunny, green is bright, purple is regal, orange is outgoing, but red is HOT -- a bully, who picks on blue. The others colors are sympathetic and like blue and commiserate, but don't tell red to stop, and red becomes bigger and stronger until everyone is bullied and afraid and there seems to be nothing they can do. (This part of the story actually subtly but hauntingly echoes that story about the Holocaust when they come after one group and then another and when they come after the storyteller there is no one left to help).

But then the story shifts when "1" arrives. He stands up to red and gives the other colors the courage to do the same. As they find their courage they shift from shapeless colors into numbers -- answering to "1" declaration to say no when picked on with "Me Two" and "Me Three." The metaphor rolls on nicely when blue declares he wants to "COUNT" as well. And when red, in desperation, bullies blue again, blue becomes 6. When red attacks, the numbers stand together, and red becomes small.

Maybe the most lovely moment of the book is when blue invites red to count too....red becomes 7 and joins in. The final message of the book is that "sometimes is just takes One."

In today's world, this is such an important message. One person has and can change the world, and it's a small act that can do so. We never know how our actions can make a difference. Even in it's this books's most simple interpretation, with bullying is such a critical issue on the playground today, this book sends the message of saying no and and standing together in a really accessible and non-preachy way. It's hard to understand how since they are just blobs of paint, but somehow Otoshi gives the colors such personality you can see kids' personalities just standing there - but so much more beautiful and simple than an "afterschool special type" book illustrated with actual kids can do it.

On the wider message, that one action/person can change the world, the book invites discussion with parents and classmates and teachers, and that is what excites me most of all. This book should be in every classroom and on every child's bookshelf. I plan to get it immediately to donate to my daughter's classroom in honor of her birthday, and I suspect it will be a primary feature in "Stand Up To Bullies Day" which I think is coming soon.

Please by this book for a child as a gift. It is my absolute favorite thing my daughter received for her birthday.

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Ronaldo salas

Standing up to bullies

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023

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Good book for kids about bullying and the appropriate stance they can take (resist). Make sure your kid understands that authority might side with the bully in real life (especially when they cry). Advise according to your own beliefs, but this book is a good way to start a difficult conversation with school-age kids.

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Alayne Kay Christian - Author of The Weed That Woke Christmas; An Old Man and His Penguin; Butterfly Kisses for Grandma and Grandpa; and the Sienna the Cowgirl Fairy chapter book series.

The paint blotches and numbers come alive on the pages.

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2009

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It is a pleasure to read "One" with my four-year-old granddaughter. "One" is a simple book with few words and lots of white space on the pages. Its simplicity makes it easy for my granddaughter to focus and offers a serene reading experience for me. There is a certain amount of magic in this book as the paint blotches and numbers come alive on the pages and easily create emotion and empathy in readers. Kathryn Otoshi's use of colors and numbers as characters offers immediate familiarity to children. It is a brilliant approach, considering colors and numbers are a big part of a young child's learning world. My granddaughter seems to feel quite accomplished when she identifies the colors and numbers in this book.

The second time we read the story, my granddaughter was already filling in the words as I intentionally left them out. She loves the parts when Red gets bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER and then later in the story gets very . . . very . . . very small. She also likes it when One enters the story. Ms. Otoshi presents this transition perfectly. Just when all the colors are feeling a little blue because Red was mean to them, One shows up. One is different. He is funny and makes the colors laugh. At this point, a little smile lights up my granddaughter's face. She also likes it when all the colors finally standup to Red. When the story is over, I ask her what she should say when someone is mean to her. She replies, "No."

As a 2009 IPPY Award silver medalist, I purchased "One" to see what a gold medalist had to offer, so that I might learn and be inspired. I know a good book when I see one, and I now understand why "One" took the gold.

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MultitaskingManhattanMama

Great Book to Address Bullying and Related Topics

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2013

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This is a great book that addresses topics related to bullying. The general idea is that there are a group of colors (e.g. red, green, blue, etc.) and one of them acts like a bully. Each time that the color (if I'm remember correctly, I think it's blue?) is unkind to the other colors and no one speaks up, the color becomes larger and larger. Eventually, it has become so large that the other colors are fearful of it and feel that it cannot be defeated. Then, the number "1" appears in the picture. The number "1" stands up to the bully, then other colors join, and the bully shrinks in size. In the end, they are all friends, including the color that was originally the bully. The moral of the story is that, "it only takes one." Pretty cute story that can lead to a great group discussion. (I haven't read this book in a little while, so it's possible that I didn't not recount the storyline perfectly). I recommend this for early childhood classrooms, or for parents who have children in that age range. It's probably most appropriate for K-G2, but does not necessarily have to be limited to those ages.

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Adam Ganderson

Simple and beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2023

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The message is magnificent, the art is simple and compelling… I can't recommend this more highly for anyone with kids in the picture book/bedtime story range. It is one of our favorites!

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KD

Emotion, color, counting-it has it all

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2020

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I wish I could give this one hundred stars. Not only does it teach, colors and their assumes emotions, it touches on counting to seven and MOST IMPORTANTLY it shows that it only takes one person to make a stand. I love the simplicity of this book and can not wait to read it with my 7 month old. The minimalist pages and bright color will surly hold her interest and the underlying lesson. Is perfect. Love it.

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J R Medina Luna

Buen producto

Reviewed in Mexico on November 11, 2023

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Flavia Almeida

Sensacional!

Reviewed in Brazil on August 23, 2020

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Um excelente texto! História leve e ludica sobre um tema importante em uma edição super caprichada. Boa para os menores por trazer cores e números e também para maiorzinhos aprofundando a interpretação. Super valeu a pena!

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hayes

Beautiful story with a beautiful message

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2021

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This is a stunning book, the story has a really lovely message about sticking up up yourself and for others and how 'one' can make a difference. I read it with my 3 and 1 year old regularly and it's one they ask for again and again.

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Molto bello

Reviewed in Italy on November 5, 2019

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Storia meravigliosa contro il bullismo

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Ruth McEachern

I love this book

Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2017

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I love this book. It is my favourite kids book to date. It has such a good universal message. I think one of the best parts about this book is that it touches on bullies getting bullied and that no one wants to be left out. I love the water colour illustrations and have used it as an example of colour choice and brush stroke technique in my art classes. I've used it as visual symbolism in my English classes. Like I said. I love this book and use any excuse to read it to people.

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