From one of our top educators, an imaginative picture book that defines eight ways everyone is smart and shows how to get smarter in each way.
It’s easy for kids to get dejected and believe they’re not as smart as the people around them. Maybe they got a low grade on their math test last week, or maybe they have a difficult time making new 
friends, but what kids may not realize is that math skills and people skills are just two types of smarts. SMARTS! Everybody’s Got Them (Free Press/November 2019) has a positive message for young children.
There are actually eight types of smarts:
- Word smarts
- Music smarts
- Number smarts
- Picture smarts
- Body smarts
- People smarts
- Self smarts
- Nature smarts
Smarts! Everybody’s Got Them vividly explains and depicts the eight ways that everyone is smart and shows kids how they can get better at each one—even when they make a mistake.
Review
“An encouraging, easy-to-navigate map of human ability, replete with opportunities for any reader to see themselves as intelligent and proficient on various levels.”
, Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D., is an award-winning author and speaker with forty years of teaching experience and over one million copies of his books in print. He has authored fifteen books, including Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom; written numerous articles for Parenting, Ladies’ Home Journal, Family Circle, and other periodicals; and appeared on several national and international television and radio programs, from NBC’s the Today show to the BBC. He lives in Sonoma County, California.
Tim Palin has worked as the promotional art director for ELLEgirl Magazine and senior designer for Disney Editions/Disney Press. He currently designs and produces books for children’s publishers including Cantata Learning, Scholastic Books, and Blue Apple Books.
Categories: New Books
Tags: Free Press, multiple intelligence, Smarts! Everybody's Got Them, Thomas Armstrong, Tim Palin
