I picked up this book at the library because it is a 2014 Monarch Award Nominee and looked like a cool counting book. It is sooooo much more!
One by Kathryn Otoshi is a beautifully illustrated story about self worth. The water-color illustrations are simple and meaningful. The words paint a picture full of emotion that go well beyond teaching colors and numbers. It is one of those rare books that can be read and enjoyed by a preschooler one day and used as a teaching tool in a junior high class room the next.
Favorite line: But One stood up straight like an arrow and said, "No."
This is the least condescending, most beautiful book on bullying (and standing up against it) out there.
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