"I won't ask for forgiveness!" - what bitter, hurtful words for any mother. As soon as a boy or girl utters these words, the Great Colds immediately come to the house, to the street, to the city, to the village, to the settlement. Read in our book the story about a boy who experienced the power of the Great Colds himself, but managed to melt them , because he loved his mother and understood that loved ones should not be offended or upset.

It was this book by Sofia Leonidovna Prokofieva that won the Japanese Kodai Prize, becoming the best book of the year.