“One”

“One” is a story about standing up to bullying written and illustrated by Katherine Otoshi. The story is about Red, who bullies the other colours Blue, Purple, Orange, Green, and Yellow. At first, Red only picked on Blue, and when the nobody stood up for Blue, Red got bigger and ended up picking on them all. Until one day, One came and stood up for them. The colours turned into numbers and started standing up for each other and themselves. I think that the theme of the story is standing up for yourself and not letting people walk over you. The message to be gained would be that when someone tries to pick on you or someone else, be the bigger person and tell the bully that what they’re doing is wrong. Personally, I think that this is a really good story for younger kids because they tend to not understand that saying certain things can hurt someone’s feelings. I really liked this story because it had a very good message and I also liked how simple the art was.