author/illustrator: Davina Bell, Allison Colpoys
ages: 3+
32 pages
21.5 x 28 cm
hardcover, 4 Pantones
English
Scribble (Australia)
Rights sold: Croatian, Dutch (reverted), Portuguese (Brazil), French (reverted), German, Italian (reverted), Korean (renewed), Simp. Chinese (renewed), Spanish, Complex Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese
All the Ways to be Smart
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 modern classic that rethinks what it means to be smart, sold at over 200,000 copies.
A joyful and exquisitely illustrated book that celebrates all children, and the many unique and wonderful ways to be smart.
AWARDS
- 2019 Winner: ABIA (The Australian Book Industry Awards) Children’s Picture Book of the Year
- 2019 Winner: ABDA (Australian Book Design Awards) Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book
- Booksellers Association Children’s Book of the Month
IN THE MEDIA
"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
"Every page of this book is joyous, imaginative and life-affirming." —Bronte Coates, Readings
THE AUTHOR
Davina Bell is an awardwinning author of books for young readers of many ages. She writes picture books (including Under the Love Umbrella and Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day), as well as junior fiction, middle-grade fiction, and YA. Davina lives in Naarm/Melbourne, where she works as a children’s book publisher.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Allison Colpoys is an awardwinning designer and illustrator based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Allison is represented by the Jacky Winter Group for illustration.
Her books published by Scribble: