Joseph Coelho 
One Little Word 

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 in the playground’s fun.




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 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.

Mengenai Pengarang

Allison 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.