What About: Philosophy

by Anne-Sophie Chilard, Jean-Claude Pettier, Pascal Lemaître (Illustrator)

What is money for? Why are there wars? Should we always be nice? Curious kids have lots of questions about the world they live in and the feelings they have. They will explore answers to these questions and many more in this exceptional illustrated Q&A book. Questions about how to think about freedom, jealousy, and going to school, among others, are answered in a fun, kid-friendly way and accompanied by quirky cartoon illustrations that engage them in talking about big life questions.
• 80 pages of real-life questions and answers for kids ages 7 and up
• Fun illustrations that engage readers
• Content reviewed by philosophy advisers and sensitivity reader

What Philosophy is a Q&A book that offers easy-to-understand answers to challenging life questions!
• Great family and classroom read-aloud book
• Nonfiction books for kids
• Educational books for elementary school students

Fans of What Philosophy will also enjoy other books in the series, The Universe and Science .

Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy

75 pages, Hardcover

Published May 9, 2023

Reviews

[Tuyet Lan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nội dung của sách khá đa dạng- hỏi đáp cho khoảng 30 vấn đề liên quan đến Triết học nhân sinh. Có những nội dung rất gần gũi và khá dễ hiểu như: Xấu hổ là gì? Đẹp hay không đẹp? Tại sao chúng ta sợ? Liệu có nên lúc nào cũng vâng lời? Tại sao đôi khi chúng ta ác ý? Có những nội dung phức tạp hơn - Nếu muốn trẻ hiểu hết cuốn sách này, chắc phải có người lớn đọc cùng để giải thích cho các em như: Tại sao con người tồn tại? Tại sao phải lao động? Tự do là gì? Sống để làm gì nếu rốt cuộc ai rồi cũng chết?

Mình mua cuốn này để đọc trước khi tặng mấy đứa nhỏ trong nhà. Nhưng ngần ngại rằng với độ tuổi 7-8 các bạn ấy chưa thể hiểu được hết nội dung của cuốn sách này. Một phần của sự khó hiểu là cách dùng từ của dịch giả (dịch từ tiếng Pháp sang tiếng Việt thì phải) - nhiều từ khá là khó (Hán Việt, từ với nghĩa trừu tượng) để một đứa trẻ ít trải nghiệm có thể hiểu được. Một phần là hình vẽ và bố cục tranh khá rối để trẻ có thể quen với thứ tự đọc. Nhìn chung là đối tượng đọc của cuốn sách này hơi mông lung.

[Stacie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you have a child that likes to ask philosophical questions, this is the book to have on hand. What does it mean to be in love? What does it mean to be free? Do I always have to share? Why are there wars? These are just a few of the sixteen philosophical questions answered. The best part is they are answered with funny comic-book-style illustrations and explanations that kids can understand.

In answering a question about love, the authors first share the love that we feel for parents and siblings. Then explain that there is a very strong emotion that someday will be felt for another person including feelings of happiness and sadness and how to express it to someone else. Do we always have to share? Well, we need to learn to share, but it isn’t as simple as that. With brief, simple, and sometimes funny but also realistic explanations, kids will learn some basic philosophical answers to life’s biggest questions.

[Michelle Smith-Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the perfect way to introduce children to the subject of philosophy. It is a graphic novel or cartoon format and these illustrations lighten up a rather deep subject that usually requires a lot of higher-level thinking skills. The book covered philosophical thinking related to questions that cover topics about love, bravery, freedom, jealousy, fairness, history, and war, to name a few. The answers and thoughts on each question were discussed thoroughly but allowed readers to continue their inquiry on the themes investigated by leaving the reader with questions to answer on their own. This book is recommended for children in the early stages of investigation on these deep topics, maybe in their middle-grade years in education, but with a caution that this book will perhaps lead to even more questions than answers, as it seems some answers lead to less than certainty, which may be troubling for some children. Though some may hope for black-and-white answers, this book will help youth to understand that sometimes the answers to these deep questions may land in more of the gray areas of morality.

[Kellee Moye · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are many questions in life that kids ask and adults may not know how to answer. This book is the answer! It explains so much to the reader while still leaving the reader to have opinions of their own. You can tell, based on its push for metacognition and deeper thinking, that it was definitely based in philosophy. While the authors and illustrator make the book engaging and fun, but the information within the book is truly thought provoking and will help kids work through some of the truly tough questions.

Full review with teaching tools: https://www.unleashingreaders.com/26368