All the Ways to be Smart
★ Winner: ABIA Children’s Picture Book of the Year
★ Winner: ABDA Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book
★ Booksellers Association Children’s Book of the Month
The award-winning international bestseller that celebrates the myriad talents that each child brings to the world.
Smart is not just ticks and crosses,
smart is building boats from boxes.
Painting patterns, wheeling wagons,
being mermaids, riding dragons …
A joyful and exquisitely illustrated book that celebrates all children, and the many unique and wonderful ways to be smart.
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Ages 3–7 | 280mm × 215mm | 32pp | 4 Pantones | Linen paper and spot UV on cover
Author: Davina Bell
Illustrator: Allison Colpoys
AUD$24.99 | £11.99 | US$17.99 (Hardback)
£8.99 (Paperback)
AU Edition (Hardback) | AUD$24.99
Publication Date: 15 Oct 2018
ISBN: 9781925713435
UK Edition (Hardback) | £11.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org
Publication Date: 14 Feb 2019
ISBN: 9781911617556
UK Edition (Paperback) | £8.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org
Publication Date: 13 Feb 2020
ISBN: 9781911617877
US Edition (Hardback) | US$17.99 | Buy at Bookshop.org
Publication Date: 3 Sep 2019
ISBN: 9781947534964
‘All The Ways to be Smart is the most beautiful, brilliant new picture book. Full stop.’
—Courtney Adamo, Babyccino
‘Allison Colpoys’ illustrations shimmer with vibrancy; her loose-line illustrations and selective colour palette exuding a nostalgic charm. Children will want to pore over each page, while the seamless read-out-loud rhyming pattern will ensure this is a favourite for years to come.’
—Penny Harrison, Kids’ Book Review
‘I’m thrilled to discover a book that reassures (kids) that there are a lot of ways to excel and that we each have our own unique gifts’.
—Rosemary, Library Mom Books
‘Every page of this book is joyous, imaginative and life-affirming.’
—Bronte Coates, Readings
Feelings Teaching Resource Pack
Together with UK education agency Shapes for Schools, Scribble has developed an RSE resource pack for KS1/KS2 teachers, aimed at developing emotional literacy. The pack, suitable for ages 6–8, is based around books by Allison Colpoys and Davina Bell, including All the Ways to be Smart, Under the Love Umbrella, and The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade.
The pack is divided into four parts. The first is a pre-reading resource, and the following three each correspond to one of the books in the series. Between games, drawing exercises, group activities and questions, the resource helps children to identifying feelings, understand anxiety, express love and celebrate our differences.
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Allison Colpoys is an award-winning designer and illustrator based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Allison is represented by the Jacky Winter Group for illustration.
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