Davina Bell
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Good or bad, the things you do
are all a part of being you —
of learning how to take your boat
on stormy seas and stay afloat.
From the creators of All the Ways to be Smart comes a message of hope: hard days come and go, but love is with us always. A healing and uplifting tribute to learning and growing — to making mistakes and making amends.
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Ages 3–7 | 280mm × 215mm | 32pp | 4 Pantones | Emboss and Spot UV on cover
★ Australian Book Designers' Association Awards, Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book, 2018
★ Australian Book Industry Awards, Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year, 2018, Australia – Short-listed
The best-selling classic celebrating the invisible, protective, omnipresent love love between parents and children now in board book form for the littlest readers.
Whatever you fear, come close my dear
You’re tucked in safe for always here
And I will never not be near
Because of our love umbrella
A celebration of the joy and comfort that love can bring. This board book edition is perfect for the very smallest of readers. and features the trademark colours and high production levels as the original edition.
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Ages 0–4 | 218mm × 180mm | 28pp | 4 Pantones | Machine varnish with silver foil on cover
Over 150,000 copies sold!
★ Winner: ABIA Children’s Picture Book of the Year
★ Winner: ABDA Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book
★ Booksellers Association Children’s Book of the Month
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 joyful and exquisitely illustrated book that celebrates all children, and the many unique and wonderful ways to be smart.
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Ages 3–7 | 280mm × 215mm | 32pp | 4 Pantones | Linen paper and spot UV on cover
★ Winner: Australian Book Designers' Association Awards, Best Designed Children’s Illustrated Book
★ Shortlisted: Australian Book Industry Awards, Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year
The bestselling classic that celebrates the invisible, protective, omnipresent love between caregivers and children.
Whatever you fear, come close my dear
You’re tucked in safe for always here
And I will never not be near
Because of our love umbrella
From this award-winning creative duo comes a stunning celebration of the joy and comfort that love can bring – wherever we roam in the big, wild world.
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The award-winning international bestseller that celebrates the myriad talents that each child brings to the world.
Every hour of every day,
we’re smart in our own special way.
And nobody will ever do
the very same smart things as you.
The modern classic that rethinks what it means to be smart and celebrates all the wondrous qualities that make children who they are now in a special format for the very smallest of readers.
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Ages 0–4 | 280mm × 215mm | 32pp | 4 Pantones | Board book