One Little Word

Name: One Little Word
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780711279124
Price: 18.99 NZD
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By Joseph Coelho

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A 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. The argument came from nowhere. It sat huge and bloated in the middle of the playground between me and... Read More

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Description

A 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.

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's fun in the playground.

Together, they learn how to shrink the monster until it vanishes completely, to the point where they can't even remember what it looks like!

Coelho's gentle and lyrical verse pairs 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711279124

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 February 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Illustration: colour illustrations

Contributors:

Illustrated by Ms. Allison Colpoys
Illustrated by Ms. Allison Colpoys

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

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.

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