Following the success of Little Owl's Book of Thinking" Ian Gilbert now introduces " The Little Book of Thunks". A Thunk is a beguiling question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks & helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light. The Thunks in this book cover most areas of human existence including truth justice reality beliefs the natural world the human condition art beauty existence right & wrong good & bad life & death war religion love friendship & whether Marmite tastes nice. Examples include: If I borrow a million pounds am I a millionaire? Could a fly cause an aeroplane to crash? Are you man-made or natural? Do dogs believe in God? When you comb your hair is it art? The book contains a comprehensive introduction by Ian who guides you through the origins & uses of Thunks & how best to use them. Not only are they a fun way to develop thinking skills but they also hit all the right buttons in the National Primary Strategy ' Creative Thinking' strand where children are encouraged to: generate imaginative ideas to stimuli; look at & think about things differently & from other points of view; & 'ask "why" "how" "what if" or unusual questions'. This is a great resource for teachers to use in the classroom
- & remember there are no right or wrong answers to these questions. How liberating is that...?"