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Our venture into children’s publishing has mushroomed over the past few months, and I’m so incredibly pleased to be working with a talented team of creators and designers.  Here’s what we’ve been up to:

• We now have five books published, including an introduction to philosophy for kids, a metaphysics edition, an environmental edition, an aesthetics edition, and a fantastic book about robots.  Each book includes a health dose of philosophy, along with history and geography.  They’re funny, they’re engaging, and they also feature activity pages, to let little thinkers explore ideas on their own.
• For those who prefer electronic format, we’ll be releasing interactive ebooks for all of our material in the next couple of months!  Same great content, with animation, narration, and of course, interactive activities.
• We’re also in the process of creating teacher packs to go with our books.  These should be out in 2012, and will include printable worksheets, rubrics, curriculum grids and guidelines for introducing philosophy into the classroom.

For more information on new materials, events, and places to find our books, visit KidsThinkAboutIt.

Yes, there is a way indulge your hunger for deep thoughts without having to haul around dusty, 300-page volumes and without having to hide them behind the latest vampire novel.  Many philosophy lovers aren’t aware of this, but it comes in non-academic magazine form!

Philosophy Now focuses on a different theme each month, and features engaging articles, editorials, book reviews, advice columns, and even crossword puzzles.  Their website (www.philosophynow.org) also provides a number of tempting philosophical tidbits.

Spearheaded by Stephen Law, champion of “everyday philosophy”, Think is also an excellent choice.  It covers just about everything from soup to nuts, and is designed to be accessible to thinkers from all walks of life.

Johns Hopkins University’s magazine for young thinkers, “Imagine”, has a philosophy-centred issue!  Have a peek at this link:

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/imagine/20100304_SFF/#/0