One

Summary: The story begins by introducing Blue and the other colors. Blue gets picked on a lot by Red, and Blue and all the other colors are too afraid to stand up to Red because he gets bigger every time he picks on another color. One shows up and stands up to Red, and encourages the colors to do the same. All the colors take on number shapes as they stand up to Red, and in the end Red also becomes a number and joins the fun with all the other colors/numbers.

Personal Reaction: I thought this book was great for pre-k and kindergarten ages. You get the chance to teach about colors, numbers and bullying all in one book. The story is short enough that the kids will be able to re-tell it later to their parents.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Have the children say the color as it appears in the text while reading.
2. Use watercolor paints to turn colors into numbers, possibly even blend the colors to show how they "play" and become new colors. ( )

A story about bullying and how there is room for everyone and their differences.

Ages - 5-7

Source - Barnes & Noble

One is a simple book not very creative but i give us a good message about the importance of been friendly and not mean with everybody. ( )

This book is wonderful. Its a great book to use for teaching numbers or colors. But I will use it to teach about bullying and standing up for yourself and others.

Red is a bully and none of the colors want to stand up to him. He picks on blue the most and poor blue begins to feel very blue indeed. Red's influence over the other colors grows and grows until one day, "One" shows up and changes the way the colors look at themselves and Red.

Good story for young kids about bullying and the power of standing up for yourself. Each color is given a "typical" characteristic (yellow is cheerful, red is angry, orange is outgoing, etc.) and could lead to a writing task in the voice of a color. ( )