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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.

absolutely delightful book. bought for my grandkids and it is charming, with great advice to children on both understanding the dynamic, and coping with bullying

A beautiful book being friends and not being a bully, or tolerating seeing or experiencing bullying, without making it a scary subject. Great for little ones

Cannot praise this book enough. I am the PSHE and Anti-Bullying co-ordinator at my school, have bought this book to be part of the Antibullying week activities. Powerful message. Everyone at the school who has read the book has raved about it. Absolutely 100 out of 10!!

It does help if you need to explain to your toddler what bullying is and why it is not desirable. We had a problem with our 3 years old being a little bit aggressive with his friends. Problem gone now.

My own children really enjoyed this story and so did the children I work with - simple but a great message!

Shared it with a class and my own children. Such a simple idea, beautifully presented. Good discussion points raised from content.

Maybe the most beautifully written book for children about bullying but also empathy.

Its one of the books in my collection that i love. Very good for kids and adults. Nicely told story. Highly recommend book.

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.

Storia meravigliosa contro il bullismo

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.

A mi peque de 4a le interesó bastante la historia ya que son números y colores, está muy bien explicado y los motiva a ser más valientes y valiosos como 1. Muy lindo los colores, el embalaje, bien cuidado. Recomendable para peques de Kinder o + que necesitan aprender a poner límites