One Little Word Av Joseph Coelho

<B>*Sunday Times: One to Watch*<BR/><BR/> This beautiful and moving picture book from Waterstones Children's Laureate, Joseph Coelho, tells the story of how a big, hairy argument gets in between two best friends. </B><BR/><BR/><I>"The argument came from nowhere.<BR/> It sat huge and bloated<BR/> in the middle of the playground<BR/> between me and my best friend."</I><BR/><BR/> This <B>big hairy monster </B>appears out of the blue one day, splitting up the best friends and <B>growing bigger and bigger, </B>until it starts to ruin all the children in the playground's fun.<BR/><BR/><B>Together, they learn how to shrink the monster </B>until it vanishes completely, to the point where they <B>can't even remember what it looks like!</B><BR/><BR/><B>Coelho's gentle and lyrical verse</B> pair perfectly with <B>Allison Colpoys' beautiful illustrations</B> to create a book which will be<B> treasured by young readers</B>.<BR/><BR/> This is an <B>ode to the power of an apology and the importance of saying sorry</B>, and to <B>treasuring a special bond</B> that runs deeper than even the friends realised.