Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day

The follow-up to bestselling All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys. 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.

Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day is an ode to making a mistake and then making things right. It follows two children-friends with different styles-who come into conflict with each other and those around them. The wrongdoings range from small (spilling a bowl of cereal) to large (ripping up a book) and the rhyming text insightfully captures the emotions that can cause such acts: worry, fear, embarrassment, disappointment. The colour palette is bright with shades of pink, lime and aqua that perfectly match the strong emotions on display. Davina Bell's rhyme scheme is witty, with changing meter and unusual phrasings that create a jaunty delivery for the heartfelt message. Allison Colpoys' illustrations feature a diverse range of children and families along with beautiful details, such as kids' drawings on walls, a dreamy lolly shop, patterned upholstery and gardens bursting with flowers. Like Bell and Colpoys' other books, Under the Love Umbrella and All the Ways to Be Smart, Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day will assure pre-schoolers or early primary school children that things are going to be okay and that they are loved. It's warm, playful and emotionally intelligent-and it will help young readers articulate their own feelings, too. Fay Helfenbaum is a freelance writer and editor and was a bookseller for five years.

Davina Bell is an award-winning author of books for young readers of many ages. She writes picture books (including Under the Love Umbrella and All the Ways To Be Smart), as well as junior fiction, middle-grade fiction and YA. Davina lives in Melbourne, where she works as a children's book publisher. She talks to kids and adults around the country about the enchanting world of books and ideas.

Allison Colpoys is an award-winning designer and illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia.

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