All the Ways to be Smart: the beautifully illustrated international bestseller that celebrates the talents of every child

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It’s bright, happy, diverse, affirming, challenging, positive, and so much more. Bell reminds us through her words that smart can be so much more than good at reading and math. And Colpoys illustrations help make Bell’s message accessible to all children. This picture book is a celebration of creativity and the imagination. It's a celebration of empathy. It's a celebration of individuality. This is true meaning of life stuff that every child needs to hear. It should be written into the curriculum at every single school, and it should be found in every home library.

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. Herold F, et al. (2019). Functional and/or structural brain changes in response to resistance exercises and resistance training lead to cognitive improvements – a systematic review. DOI: Santisteban JA, et al. (2019). Cumulative mild partial sleep deprivation negatively impacts working memory capacity but not sustained attention, response inhibition, or decision making: a randomized controlled trial.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. I think it’s a really important lesson that as teachers, we should be hyper aware of. It shows children that being "smart" is so much more than doing well in tests and reminds them of other important aspects of their personalities whilst showcasing all kinds of abilities. Mancini E, et al. (2017). Green tea effects on cognition, mood and human brain function: A systematic review. DOI: This book teaches children that intelligence is so much more than being book-smart. Intelligence can also mean being empathetic, artistic, athletic, and inquisitive. It places value in every kind of talent, from ‘building boats from boxes’ to ‘kindness when there’s crying’. All the Ways to Be Smart is the perfect feel-good bedtime story that I can’t wait to gift this Christmas. Cutuli D. (2017). Functional and structural benefits induced by omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids during aging. Suwabe K, et al. (2018). Rapid stimulation of human dentate gyrus function with acute mild exercise. DOI:

Berns GS, et al. (2013). Short- and long-term effects of a novel on connectivity in the brain. DOI: Hello, friends! Our book today is All The Ways To Be Smart, written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Allison Colpoys, a delightful ode to different types of intelligence. This book needs to be in the hands of every policy-maker in the sphere of Education, in every classroom, in every library, and in every home … This book is an utterly glorious call to celebrate your strengths and your own unique smarts. Evans IEM, et al. (2018). Social isolation, cognitive reserve, and cognition in healthy older people. DOI: Smart at drawing very pointy stars." Wow, again, a kid with learning disabilities like dysgraphia is gonna find this one a gut punch yet again.

This book is also beautifully illustrated and the two year old that I looked after absolutely loved it, he would often sit looking through the images on his own. This is a lovely thing as it introduces them to the book and its teaching before they have been conditioned to think anything else. Anotonenko D, et al. (2013). Napping to renew learning capacity: enhanced coding after stimulation of sleep slow oscillations. DOI: This book goes to battle for a child's right to be a child. And it hammers home the point that there is NOT one single definition of being smart. There are MANY ways. Smart is telling stories, being nice to others, being curious, using your imagination. This book rewrites the dangerous notion that some people are smart and some people are not, and it's executed so brilliantly. I ensure you that this book makes crystal clear to children that everyone is smart, and everyone has value. Intrapersonal – ‘I use self-reflection and analysis to set personal goals and identify my strengths and weaknesses.’