The third project from this dynamic partnership 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... From the award-winning creators of The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella comes this joyful ode to all the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Little Bookroom Bookstore's Book of the Year. It was recognised in the Children's Picture Book of the Year - Ages 0-6 Years category by the Australian Book Industry Award. It also was recognised in the Best Designed Children's Illustrated Book category by the Australian Book Designers' Association Award. It was recognised in the Children's Book of the Month category by the Booksellers Association. Also it was recognised by the Independent Bookshop Award. It was recognised by the Children's Indie Book Award. It was recognised in the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award category by the Australian Booksellers Association. It was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Australian Children's Book Council Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2019 by Scribe Publications .

Davina Bell is a writer from Western Australia. She is the author of the award-winning picture book The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade (illustrated by Allison Colpoys), which won the 2016 Australian Book Industry Award for Best Children's Book from a Small Publisher, as well as the Alice books in the best-selling Our Australian Girl series. For six years she was a Senior Editor at Penguin Books in the Young Readers Division, where she worked with some of our country's most beloved children's book creators. Davina lives and works in Melbourne, where she still dreams about the Western Australian beaches while drinking a lot of very good Melbourne coffee. Allison Colpoys is an award-winning freelance book designer and illustrator. Allison Colpoys is an award-winning freelance book designer and illustrator. Her books include The Underwater Fancy Dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella. If All the World is her first book for Frances Lincoln Children's Books. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.