All the Ways to be Smart

What’s it about?

The story.

Smart is not just ticks and crosses. Smart is so much more than the answers you get right at school, and this warm, rhyming picture book sets out to prove it. From building boats out of boxes and painting wild patterns to caring for others, sharing, taking a brave chance and simply enjoying your own company, it names dozens of everyday ways that children are clever, creative and kind. Davina Bell's bouncing verse and Allison Colpoys's striking, retro-bright illustrations combine into a genuine feel-good ode to self-worth, the kind of book that reassures a child there is no single way to be good enough. An international bestseller and a favourite gift for new starters and worriers alike, it works beautifully as a read-aloud, a bedtime boost, or a classroom springboard for talking about the many different strengths in a group of children.