My friend told me that when she gave the book to her son to read it made him cry and not talk to her for an hour because it gave him all the feelings! A] parade of beauty that will give children of all backgrounds and interests confidence in their own uniqueness.

This beautiful book inventories all the unique, not-so-academic ways a person might be smart throughout their day; from being good at taking risks, to being kind, or knowing how to sit quietly and observe.

The book, All the Ways to Be Smart , aims to teach children that there is more to being smart than reading to maths and encourages the pursuit of the arts. One of the most pivotal messages that children need to har and illustrated with a brilliant spectrum of colours that leap from the page and right into the heart.

In this cheerful exploration of all the nonstandard ways a person can be smart, the creators paint an expansive picture of intelligence that goes well beyond ‘being best/at spelling bees,/a tricky test. A picture book that is joyous, life-affirming, and challenges stereotypes about what it means to be clever. This book (“All The Ways To Be Smart”) is about how being “smart” isn’t just about intellectual “smartness” but instead can encompass kindness, being artistic, being a good friend, etc. Good scores in a test are great but the importance of celebrating the creative, collaborative and just plain quirky things that make us emotionally intelligent and well-rounded could not have been better portrayed.I think this unique book with colourful illustrations by Allison Colpoys can help children feel proud of what makes them special. The first is a pre-reading resource, and the following three each correspond to one of the books in the series. While All the Ways to Be Smart would be an amazing addition for preschool and elementary classrooms, especially in this school climate where children worry at younger and younger ages about their performances in reading, writing, and math, the way Bell wrote this book makes it perfect to read one on one with a child you love at home as well.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This is a wonderful book to introduce this multiple intelligence notion to students, and serves as a reminder of the diversity we have with our peers, as well as inside ourselves. Imaginative and creative play is the river from which all the streams of what we envisage as separate intelligences flow. I enjoyed the book, but do agree with other reviews that some of the ways to be smart were a little dubious.She is also the author of the Alice books in Penguin’s best-selling Our Australian Girl series, the Lemonade Jones series of Junior Fiction, and the Corner Park Clubhouse series (Middle Grade). This heartwarming rhyming read will have your kids celebrating all of the things -- from being athletic to artistic and even empathetic or curious--that make them unique. One of the most pivotal messages that children need to hear and illustrated with a brilliant spectrum of colours that leap from the page and right into the heart.

It’s highly likely every child who reads this book will find something in it that shows they too are smart. Vibrant colours and charming whimsical illustrations fill the pages with character, and the rhythmic, rhyming text makes it a delight to read out loud. This collaboration between Davina Bell and Alison Colpoys is a celebration of what makes us us, of the strengths that we all have within ourselves – whether we’re dreamers, adventurers, readers or artists … The illustrations are whimsical and fun, with a beautiful colour palette. Some schools make a very big deal about this, because they want to appear better in comparisons with other schools.

And Bell means that, given the exploration of imagination, creativity, math, science, and leadership. This paired perfectly with a lesson on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, and the 8 different modalities (art, music, word, people, self, math, body, and nature). I felt like it was extremely important to make sure my learners understood that just because a few students are smart at academics, doesn't mean that they themselves have nothing else to offer.