{"id":18974,"date":"2021-03-07T18:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T23:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/?p=18974"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:52:03","slug":"philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Typically philosophy is a college-level discipline, but there\u2019s every reason, given the opportunity, to introduce it earlier. Kids from a very young age are fascinated by philosophy\u2019s fundamental questions about the world and ourselves, and exploring these helps develop critical and creative thinking skills and allows kids to hone and express their own opinions. It\u2019s also useful to discover that there are many questions to which there are no definitive answers. (But that doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t keep trying to find some.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.\u201d\u00a0 Robert Louis Stevenson<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9b8b9aa7de\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9b8b9aa7de\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/#General\" >General<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/#For_Younger_Kids\" >For Younger Kids<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/#For_Older_Kids\" >For Older Kids<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/#Plays_and_Movies\" >Plays and Movies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/2\/#Some_Books_to_Talk_About\" >Some Books to Talk About<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/philosophy\/2\/#Games_and_Experiments\" >Games and Experiments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"General\"><\/span>General<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2102px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 43.4483%; height: 317px;\">=<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-thinker-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-thinker-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-thinker.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 56.5517%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/children\/\">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy<\/a> includes an overview of approaches to teaching philosophy to kids, along with an extensive bibliography of books and articles.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 309px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 43.4483%; height: 309px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UW-CEnter-for-Philosophy-273x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UW-CEnter-for-Philosophy-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/UW-CEnter-for-Philosophy.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 56.5517%; height: 309px;\">\n<p>The University of Washington\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/\">Center for Philosophy for Children<\/a> includes a wide range of lesson plans, games, activities, and exercises for kids of all ages. Included , for example, are ideas for teaching philosophy through literature, using over 100 different children\u2019s books, and activities dealing with environmental ethics, ethical dilemma, philosophical perspectives in the news, reasoning and arguments, Plato\u2019s Cave, and much more.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 218px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 43.4483%; height: 218px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dialogue-works.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"201\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 56.5517%; height: 218px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogueworks.co.uk\/\">Dialogue Works<\/a>, along with philosophy training courses for teachers and facilitators, offers a list of free resources, notably \u201cHomeTalks:\u201d activities and discussion suggestions on a wide range of topics, such risk and bravery, prejudice, gratitude, play, and conflict.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 437px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 43.4483%; height: 437px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-ideas-for-little-kids-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-ideas-for-little-kids-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-ideas-for-little-kids.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 56.5517%; height: 437px;\">\n<p>Thomas Wartenburg\u2019s <em>Big Ideas for Little Kids<\/em> (Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2014), subtitled \u201cTeaching Philosophy Through Children\u2019s Literature,\u201d shows how to generate philosophical discussions using popular children\u2019s books. All major branches of philosophy are covered \u2013 ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of the mind, environmental philosophy, logic, epistemology, aesthetics, and the philosophy of language \u2013 all through such works as <em>The Giving Tree<\/em>, <em>Knuffle Bunny<\/em>, and <em>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching units for dozens of children\u2019s books are available at the accompanying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org\/\">website<\/a> \u2013 a terrific resource.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 312px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 43.4483%; height: 312px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-big-minds-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-big-minds-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-big-minds.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 56.5517%; height: 312px;\">\n<p>In Marietta McCarty\u2019s <em>Little Big Minds<\/em> (Jeremy P. Tarcher\/Penguin, 2006), each chapter provides background information on the featured topic, an overview of influential philosophers in the field, resources, teaching tips, discussion questions, and exercises. Chapter titles include \u201cFriendship,\u201d \u201cResponsibility,\u201d \u201cHappiness,\u201d \u201cJustice,\u201d \u201cGod,\u201d\u00a0 and \u201cFreedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 509px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 43.4483%; height: 509px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/socrates-cafe-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/socrates-cafe-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/socrates-cafe.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 56.5517%; height: 509px;\">\n<p><em>Socrates Caf\u00e9<\/em> by Christopher Phillips (W.W. Norton, 2002) is the work of an amateur philosopher attempting to start a grassroots philosophy movement. He does this by hosting \u201cSocrates Cafes\u201d \u2013 get-togethers in coffee shops, schools, nursing homes, libraries, or living-rooms where people meet for the purpose of asking questions and thereby exploring, clarifying, and expanding upon their opinions and beliefs. The book consists of multiple accounts of homespun philosophy groups, in which children and adults pursue answers to such questions as \u201cWhat is wisdom?\u201d \u201cWhat is freedom?\u201d \u201cWhat is belief?\u201d \u201cWhat is happiness?\u201d \u201cWhat is good?\u201d At the end of the book, Phillips includes a glossary of philosophers, suggestions for further reading, and general instructions for organizing and facilitating your own Socrates Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"For_Younger_Kids\"><\/span>For Younger Kids<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 3364px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 284px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 284px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imagination-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imagination-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imagination-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/imagination.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 284px;\">\n<p>For preschoolers, Duane Armitage\u2019s Big Ideas for Little Philosophers series (G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons, 2020) is a collection of simple board books introducing the thought of prominent philosophers to the youngest readers. Among the titles are <em>Truth with Socrates<\/em>, <em>Happiness with Aristotle<\/em>, <em>Imagination with Rene Descartes<\/em>, <em>Love with Plato<\/em>, <em>Kindness with Confucius<\/em>, and <em>Equality with Simone de Beauvoir<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 270px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 270px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wittgensteins-rhinoceros-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wittgensteins-rhinoceros-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wittgensteins-rhinoceros-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wittgensteins-rhinoceros.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 270px;\">\n<p><em>Wittgenstein\u2019s Rhinoceros<\/em> by Francoise Armengaud (Diaphanes, 2016) is one of the Plato &amp; Co. series, picture books using events in the lives of prominent philosophers to illustrate their ideas and theories. Other titles in the series include <em>Professor Kant\u2019s Incredible Day<\/em>, <em>Mister Descartes and His Evil Genius<\/em>, and <em>Kierkegaard and the Mermaid<\/em>. For ages 6-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 462px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 462px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wise-guy-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wise-guy-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/wise-guy.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 462px;\">\n<p>M.D. Usher\u2019s <em>Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates<\/em> (Farrar, Straus, &amp; Giroux, 2005) is a picture-book introduction to the contentious Greek philosopher who emphasized the importance of the examined life and famously pointed out that \u201cAll I know is that I know nothing.\u201d The simpler version of Socrates\u2019s life and thought is presented in the main text; trickier bits, for older readers, appear in sidebar scrolls. Usher, a classics professor from the University of Vermont, has a knack for distilling the complicated for a young audience. For ages 7-11.<\/p>\n<p>By the same author, see <em>Diogenes<\/em> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2009), in which the main philosophical character appears as a very thoughtful dog.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 284px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 284px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-thinkers-and-big-ideas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"249\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 284px;\">\n<p>Sharon Kaye\u2019s <em>Big Thinkers and Big Ideas: An Introduction to Eastern and Western Philosophy<\/em> <em>for Kids<\/em> (Rockridge Press, 2020) is a colorful and engaging introduction to four main branches of philosophy: reality, knowledge, ethics, and logic. Chapter titles are \u201cWhat is philosophy?\u201d \u201cWhat is real?\u201d \u201cHow do I know something is true?\u201d \u201cHow can I be a good person? and \u201cIf this is true, what else is true?\u201d For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cartoon-intro-to-philosophy-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cartoon-intro-to-philosophy-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cartoon-intro-to-philosophy-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cartoon-intro-to-philosophy-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cartoon-intro-to-philosophy.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>For graphic novel fans, see Michael F. Patton and Kevin Cannon\u2019s <em>The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy<\/em> (Hill and Wang, 2015). Chapters cover logic, perception, minds, free will, God, and ethics. A great introduction for ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 359px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 359px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/young-persons-guide-to-philosophy-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/young-persons-guide-to-philosophy-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/young-persons-guide-to-philosophy.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 359px;\">\n<p>Jeremy Weate\u2019s <em>A Young Person\u2019s Guide to Philosophy<\/em> (Dorling Kindersley, 1998) is a beautifully designed and illustrated collection of brief biographies of philosophical greats, arranged in chronological order, from the natural philosophers of ancient Greece through Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to Descartes, Locke, Hume, Spinoza, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and more. A second (shorter and non-illustrated) section provides additional information and discusses the various schools of philosophy. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 261px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 261px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/childrens-book-of-philosophy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"244\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 261px;\">\n<p>Dorling Kindersley\u2019s gorgeously designed <em>Children\u2019s Book of Philosophy<\/em> (DK, 2015) is an overview of philosophical questions and thinkers. Both are grouped into five categories: \u201cIs the world real?\u201d \u201cWhat am I?\u201d \u201cThinking and feeling\u201d \u201cHow do I decide what\u2019s right?\u201d and \u201cWhy do we need rules?\u201d For ages 9-13.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 287px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 287px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/henry-david-thoreau-for-kids-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/henry-david-thoreau-for-kids-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/henry-david-thoreau-for-kids-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/henry-david-thoreau-for-kids.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 287px;\">\n<p>By Corinne Hosfeld Smith, <em>Henry David Thoreau for Kids<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2016) is an overview of Thoreau\u2019s life, times, and philosophy with illustrations, fact boxes, and related hands-on activities, among them making a journal, conducting a plant inventory, and writing a protest letter. For ages 9-13.<\/p>\n<p>See more resources for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/henry-david-thoreau\/\">Henry David Thoreau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 210px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 210px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cool-philosophy-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cool-philosophy-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cool-philosophy.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 210px;\">\n<p>Daniel Tatarsky\u2019s <em>Cool Philosophy<\/em> (Portico, 2015) is an attractively designed collection of philosophy facts from Aristotle on, starting with an illustrated timeline. For ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 313px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 313px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-ideas-for-young-thinkers-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-ideas-for-young-thinkers-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/big-ideas-for-young-thinkers.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 313px;\">\n<p>Jamia Wilson\u2019s <em>Big Ideas for Young Thinkers<\/em> (Wide Eyed Editions, 2020) is a graphically appealing and diverse overview of philosophical questions both classical (How do I know I exist? What is justice?) and contemporary (Is race real? What is gender? What is imagination?). For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-for-kids-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-for-kids-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-for-kids.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>David White\u2019s <em>Philosophy for Kids: 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder\u2026About Everything<\/em> (Prufrock Press, 2000) categorizes forty discussion-provoking questions under the headings Values, Knowledge, Reality, and Critical Thinking. Kids ages 10 and up are encouraged to tackle such knotty problems as \u201cWhat is time?\u201d \u201cCan you doubt that you exist?\u201d and \u201cAre you the same person that you were five years ago?\u201d For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"For_Older_Kids\"><\/span>For Older Kids<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 4546px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-examined-life-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-examined-life-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-examined-life.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>David White\u2019s <em>The Examined Life<\/em> (Prufrock Press, 2006) pairs passages from famous philosophers with explanations and spin-off questions. Chapters include \u201cDo We Really Know What We Think We Know?\u201d (Plato), \u201cThe Sound of a Tree Falling in the Forest\u201d (Berkeley), and \u201cTechnology: Servant or Destroyer?\u201d (Heidegger). For ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 334px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 334px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sophies-world-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sophies-world-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sophies-world.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 334px;\">\n<p>Jostein Garder\u2019s <em>Sophie\u2019s World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy<\/em> (Berkley Publishing Group, 1997) \u2013 a novel about the history of philosophy &#8211; has now established itself as a classic. Fourteen-year-old Sophie finds a message in her mailbox with a pair of questions \u2013 \u201cWho are you?\u201d and \u201cWhere does the world come from?\u201d \u2013 and sets off on a long tour of western philosophy. There\u2019s also an ongoing mystery and great twist at the end, but the book is somewhat dense reading in parts. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 387px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 387px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-for-teens-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-for-teens-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-for-teens.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 387px;\">\n<p>By Sharon M. Kaye and Paul Thomson, <em>Philosophy for Teens<\/em> (Prufrock Press, 2006) is a guide to questioning life\u2019s big ideas with background from the works of famous philosophers, dialogues and thought experiments, activities, and discussion questions. For example, kids discuss whether or not lying is always wrong, what purpose art holds in the world, and what would happen if there were no government. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<p>By the same authors, also see <em>More Philosophy for Teens<\/em> (2007).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 453px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 453px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophers-gym-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophers-gym-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophers-gym.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 453px;\">Stephen Law\u2019s <em>The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking<\/em> (Thomas Dunne Books, 2003) is an excellent resource for philosophical novices. The book is essentially an entire course in philosophical thinking; each short chapter deals with a different philosophical question, introducing key points of argument through a debate between, say, a vegetarian and a meat-eater, a human and a pair of visiting aliens, a serial killer and a judge, or a pair of philosophy students at the horse races. The debates are paired with \u201cThinking Tools\u201d boxes (which contain helpful hints on the process of logical argument), expanded explanations of important issues, conclusions, and lists of what to read next. Sample chapters include: \u201cWhere Did the Universe Come From?\u201d \u201cCould a Machine Think?\u201d \u201cWhy Expect the Sun to Rise Tomorrow?\u201d and \u201cIs Morality Like a Pair of Spectacles?\u201d Law also demonstrates philosophical approaches to such topics as gay sex, the existence of god, creationism vs. evolution, designer babies, and moral relativism. It\u2019s tough stuff, but it\u2019s a thinking person\u2019s meat. For ages 14 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 462px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 462px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-rocks-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-rocks-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-rocks.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 462px;\">\n<p>Stephen Law\u2019s <em>Philosophy Rocks!<\/em> (Disney Press, 2002) is the American version of the more elegantly titled British <em>The Philosophy Files<\/em>. Basically it\u2019s <em>The Philosophy Gym<\/em> for a younger audience, ages 12 or so and up. It covers eight major philosophical questions, again in a clever debate format, with background information, descriptive examples, points to ponder, and cartoonish illustrations. Questions include \u201cDoes God Exist?\u201d \u201cHow Do I Know the World Isn\u2019t Virtual?\u201d and \u201cShould I Eat Meat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A sequel, <em>The Outer Limits<\/em> (Orion, 2003), poses another eight philosophical conundrums, among them \u201cDo Miracles Happen?\u201d and \u201cWhy Do These Words Mean Something?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pig-that-wants-to-be-eaten-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pig-that-wants-to-be-eaten-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pig-that-wants-to-be-eaten.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>By Julian Baggini, <em>The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten<\/em> (Granta, 2010) is a collection of 100 short thought experiments for armchair philosophers. Discuss: Are you a computer simulation? If God is all-powerful, could he create a square circle? For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-does-it-all-mean-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-does-it-all-mean-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-does-it-all-mean.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Thomas Nagel\u2019s <em>What Does It All Mean?<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 1999) is an excellent (and very short) introduction to philosophy for high-school-level students. In just over 100 pages, Nagel covers some of the major questions that philosophers grapple with, such as the mind-body problem, the meaning of words, free will, right and wrong, and \u2013 the kicker \u2013 the meaning of life.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-papineau-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-papineau-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-papineau.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 317px;\">\n<p><em>Philosophy<\/em>, edited by David Papineau (Oxford University Press, 2009) is a lavishly illustrated and appealing written overview, with clear and interesting explanations of the ideas of famous philosophers. Chapters are World, Mind and Body, Knowledge, Faith, Ethics and Aesthetics, and Society. Excellent for ages 14 and up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 334px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 334px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ask-a-philosopher-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ask-a-philosopher-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ask-a-philosopher.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 334px;\">\n<p>Ian Olasov\u2019s <em>Ask a Philosopher<\/em> (Thomas Dunne Books, 2020) provides witty (and philosophical) answers to questions commonly on people\u2019s minds \u2013 based on interactions with pedestrians on the streets of New York. \u201cDo we have free will?\u201d \u201cAre people innately good or bad?\u201d \u201cWhat makes a boy a boy?\u201d \u201cWhat makes someone mentally ill?\u201d \u201cShould you kill baby Hitler?\u201d And finally a useful bonus question: \u201cWhat\u2019s the best way to teach myself philosophy? How do I start?\u201d For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 437px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 437px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/harry-potter-and-philosophy-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/harry-potter-and-philosophy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/harry-potter-and-philosophy.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 437px;\">\n<p>Also for older teenagers, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/andphilosophy.com\/about\/\">Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series<\/a>, developed by philosophy professor William Irwin. Each book consists of a series of essays exploring the philosophical themes and questions inherent in popular movies, books, and television programs. Many titles, among them <em>Mr. Rogers and Philosophy<\/em>, <em>Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy<\/em>, <em>The Matrix and Philosophy<\/em>, <em>The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy<\/em>, <em>Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy,<\/em> <em>The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy<\/em>, and, of course, <em>Harry Potter and Philosophy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 276px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 276px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-now.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 276px;\">\n<p>Philosophy-minded teenagers may also enjoy <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philosophynow.org\/\">Philosophy Now<\/a><\/em>, a quarterly periodical subtitled \u201cA Magazine of Ideas.\u201d It\u2019s a philosophy magazine, rather than an academic journal \u2013 that is, what <em>Discover<\/em> is to science, <em>Philosophy Now<\/em> is to philosophy \u2013 filled with interesting articles, philosophy news (yes, there is some), book and film reviews, and more.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 387px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 387px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/great-courses-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/great-courses-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/great-courses-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/great-courses.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 387px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/\">The Great Courses<\/a> has dozens of different courses on various aspects of philosophy, available as Instant Video, Instant Audio, or on DVDs. Sample titles include \u201cGreat Ideas of Philosophy,\u201d \u201cThe Big Questions of Philosophy,\u201d \u201cIntroduction to Greek Philosophy,\u201d \u201cScience Fiction as Philosophy,\u201d and many more. Presented as a series of 24 or more half-hour lectures by college professors. Generally appropriate for ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: All the Great Courses selections periodically go on sale at greatly reduced prices.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 208px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45%; height: 208px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-talk-300x149.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-talk-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/philosophy-talk.png 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55%; height: 208px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philosophytalk.org\/\">Philosophy Talk<\/a>, \u201cthe program that questions everything,\u201d is a podcast hosted by a trio of philosophers from Stanford University. Each week the team discusses topics that range from popular culture to morality, social issues, the human condition \u2013 and much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plays_and_Movies\"><\/span>Plays and Movies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 2601px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 237px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 237px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fly-bottle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fly-bottle.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fly-bottle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 237px;\">\n<p>David Egan\u2019s play, <em>The Fly-Bottle<\/em> (2003), is the story of a confrontational meeting in 1946 among three famous philosophers \u2013 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Popper, and Bertrand Russell \u2013 which legendarily culminated in Wittgenstein threatening Popper with a poker. If it comes to a theater near you, take your teens.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/night-thoreau-spent-in-jail-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/night-thoreau-spent-in-jail-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/night-thoreau-spent-in-jail.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, <em>The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail<\/em> (Hill and Wang, 2001) is a dramatic account of Thoreau\u2019s famous act of civil disobedience, when he refused to pay taxes in protest to the U.S. government\u2019s involvement in the Mexican War. For that, he was thrown in jail. The play has a wider reach, covering Thoreau\u2019s life, beliefs, and philosophy. A wonderful read for ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 361px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 361px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/inherit-the-wind-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/inherit-the-wind-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/inherit-the-wind-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/inherit-the-wind.jpg 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 361px;\">\n<p>By the same authors, see <em>Inherit the Wind<\/em> (Ballantine, 2003), the fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes \u201cMonkey Trial,\u201d and the clash between legal giants Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. The theme of the play \u2013 other than the obvious conflicts between religion and science, belief and reason &#8211; is the right of the individual to think his\/her own thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>The superb movie version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0053946\/\">Inherit the Wind<\/a> (1960) stars Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. Not rated.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/copenhagen-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/copenhagen-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/copenhagen-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/copenhagen-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/copenhagen.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Michael Frayn\u2019s <em>Copenhagen<\/em> (Anchor, 2000) is the imagined story of the 1941 meeting in Copenhagen of physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg \u2013 who found themselves on opposite sides during World War II, both working to create an atomic bomb. It\u2019s an imagined story because no one knows just what went on at that meeting between the two men \u2013 but in playwright Frayn\u2019s hands, it becomes a debate on ethics and morality. It\u2019s also a great supplement for physics students.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mindwalk-166x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mindwalk-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/mindwalk.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 317px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0100151\/\">Mindwalk<\/a> (1990) is a wide-ranging conversation among three characters: a physicist who has just left her job after discovering that her research was being used for weapons development, an American politician who just lost a major election, and a poet. Political and social problems are approached from their differing perspectives as they wander around Mont-Saint-Michel, France. PG.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/examined-life-documentary-158x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/examined-life-documentary-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/examined-life-documentary-538x1024.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/examined-life-documentary.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 317px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1279083\/\">Examined Life<\/a> (2008) is a documentary subtitled \u201cPhilosophy in the Streets.\u201d Famous philosophers and thinkers discuss their theories and ideas while visiting places of particular resonance for them and their ideas. (Cornel West, while driving through Manhattan, compares philosophy to jazz and the blues.) Not rated.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my-dinner-with-andre-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my-dinner-with-andre-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my-dinner-with-andre.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082783\/\">My Dinner with Andre<\/a> (1981), two old friends \u2013 played by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory \u2013 meet for a meal and discuss the meaning of life and their very different worldviews. PG.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 134px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 134px;\">\n<p>Matt Whitlock\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mubi.com\/lists\/essential-movies-for-a-student-of-philosophy\">Essential Movies for a Student of Philosophy<\/a> covers 45, with synopses, reviews, and trailers for each.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 284px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.4828%; height: 284px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gattaca-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gattaca-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gattaca.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.5172%; height: 284px;\">\n<p>The Guardian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2015\/apr\/14\/force-majeure-films-philosophy-memento-ida-its-a-wonderful-life\">I Watch Therefore I Am<\/a> discusses seven different movies \u2013 each reviewed by a different philosopher and each covering a key philosophy principle. \u201cHow can we do the right thing?,\u201d for example, is the theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2121382\/\">Force Majeure<\/a> (2014); \u201cWhat makes life worth living?\u201d is the theme of Frank Capra\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038650\/\">It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/a> (1946); and \u201cIs there more to us than biology?\u201d is the theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0119177\/\">Gattaca<\/a> (1997).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Books to Talk About<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 4635px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/giving-tree-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/giving-tree-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/giving-tree.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>In Shel Silverstein\u2019s much-debated picture book <em>The Giving Tree<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2003), a tree loves a boy \u2013 and gives him everything she has until there\u2019s nothing left of her but a stump. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Ruth Margalit\u2019s pro-and-con review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/giving-tree-50-sadder-remembered\">The Giving Tree at Fifty<\/a>, in the <em>New Yorker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sneeches-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sneeches-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sneeches.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>By Dr. Seuss, <em>Sneetches and Other Stories<\/em> (Random House, 1961) includes the story of the Sneeches, some of whom have stars on their bellies &#8211; and some of whom don&#8217;t. A good jumping-off point to discuss prejudice and diversity. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/yellow-and-pink-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/yellow-and-pink-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/yellow-and-pink.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>In William Steig\u2019s <em>Yellow and Pink<\/em> (Square Fish, 1988), a pair of painted puppets debate where they came from. Did they just tumble downhill and fall into puddles of paint? Or did someone make them? For ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 268px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 268px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/king-midas-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/king-midas-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/king-midas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/king-midas.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 268px;\">\n<p>What\u2019s happiness? Is it money? There are many editions of the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch \u2013 among them Demi\u2019s beautifully illustrated <em>King Midas<\/em> (Margaret K. McElderry, 2002). All tell the story of the gold-obsessed king who wishes that everything he touched would turn to gold. When he gets his wish, he realizes that he\u2019s made a terrible mistake. For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 227px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 227px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-three-questions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"218\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 227px;\">\n<p>Jon J. Muth\u2019s <em>The Three Questions<\/em> (Scholastic, 2002) \u2013 based on a story by Leo Tolstoy \u2013 follows a young boy named Nikolai seeking answers to his three questions: \u201cWhen is the best time to do things?\u201d \u201cWho is the most important one?\u201d \u201cWhat is the right thing to do?\u201d For ages 5-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/table-where-rich-people-sit-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/table-where-rich-people-sit-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/table-where-rich-people-sit.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>What\u2019s a good life? In Byrd Baylor\u2019s <em>The Table Where Rich People Sit<\/em> (Aladdin, 1998), Mountain Girl is unhappy with her family\u2019s simple lifestyle \u2013 why can\u2019t her parents get better jobs so that they could have nicer things? Then her parents point out all the wonders of nature that surround them and Mountain Girl decides that there\u2019s more than one way of being rich. For ages 6-9.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lemming-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lemming-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lemming.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>Alan Arkin&#8217;s <em>The Lemming Condition<\/em> (HarperOne, 1989) is the story of Bubber, an independent thinker, who isn&#8217;t about to jump off a cliff. An opportunity to discuss free will. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kneeknock-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kneeknock-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kneeknock.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>In Natalie Babbitt&#8217;s <em>KneeKnock Rise<\/em> (Square Fish, 2007), young Egan arrives in the village of Instep and learns about the Megrimum, the legendary creature who moans and wails at the top of the mountain. When Egan discovers that the source of the sound is a spring in a cave, nobody will believe him. Discuss reality and belief. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gammage-cup-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gammage-cup-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gammage-cup.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>Carol Kendall&#8217;s <em>The Gammage Cup<\/em> (HMH, 2000) is a much-under=appreciated fantasy, the wonderful tale of the Minnipins who, in a village competition to win the fabled Gammage Cup, banish non-conformists from their village. The rejected five, however, prove to be heroes when enemies tunnel through the mountains. Discuss differences, independent thinking, and tolerance. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 437px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 437px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/octavia-boone-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/octavia-boone-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/octavia-boone-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/octavia-boone-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/octavia-boone.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 437px;\">\n<p>In Rebecca Rupp\u2019s <em>Octavia Boone\u2019s Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything<\/em> (Candlewick, 2012), Octavia struggles to find her way between divorced parents: her Thoreau-quoting artist father and her Biblical literalist mother, now a member of a fundamentalist religious sect. Among her big questions: \u201cIs there a God?\u201d \u201cWhy do bad things happen to good people?\u201d \u201cWhich religion is the right religion?\u201d \u201cSo people have souls or just brains?\u201d \u201cIs there a purpose to life?\u201d The best answer, she finds, comes from Thoreau: \u201cThe universe is wider than our views of it.\u201d For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Antoine de Saint-Exupery\u2019s <em>The Little Prince<\/em> (Mariner, 2000) is the enchanting and thought-provoking story of the Little Prince, who comes from a tiny asteroid and travels from planet to planet learning about human nature. Eventually he lands in the Sahara Desert, where he meets a pilot, the victim of a plane crash. For ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-movie-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-movie-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-movie-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-movie-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/little-prince-movie.jpg 1057w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>The animated version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1754656\/\">The Little Prince<\/a> (2015) is rated PG.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annotated-alice-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annotated-alice-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/annotated-alice.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p><em>The Annotated Alice<\/em> (W.W. Norton, 2015) contains both Lewis Carroll\u2019s <em>Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em> and <em>Through the Looking-Glass<\/em>, with extensive notes and explanations by Martin Gardner. If you\u2019ve missed any of the word play, allusions, serious nonsense, or philosophical puzzles in Carroll\u2019s works, you\u2019ll find them here. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lathe-of-heaven-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lathe-of-heaven-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lathe-of-heaven-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lathe-of-heaven-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/lathe-of-heaven.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>In Ursula K. LeGuin\u2019s <em>The Lathe of Heaven<\/em> (Scribner, 2008), George Orr discovers that his dreams have the power to alter reality \u2013 and only he has a memory of what the world was like before the change. He goes to psychologist William Haber for help \u2013 only to find that Haber wants to harness George\u2019s power to further plans of his own. Fascinating \u2013 and a great discussion book for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/walden-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/walden-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/walden.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>Henry David Thoreau\u2019s <em>Walden<\/em> and <em>Civil Disobedience<\/em> \u2013 available in many editions and often published together \u2013 are standards of pre-college reading lists.<\/p>\n<p>See more resources for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/henry-david-thoreau\/\">Henry David Thoreau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 334px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 334px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-1001x1536.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-1334x2048.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 334px;\">\n<p>George Orwell\u2019s <em>Animal Farm<\/em> \u2013 also a standard on reading lists \u2013 is also available in many editions, including a graphic novel adaptation (Mariner Books, 2020). In an allegory about the Russian Revolution and Stalinism, mistreated farm animals hope to create a new and ideal world \u2013 which the farm\u2019s pigs, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer, transform into a political philosophy known as \u201canimalism.\u201d Soon, however, in place of the hoped-for egalitarian society, Animal Farm becomes a corrupt dictatorship. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 199px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 199px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-movies-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-movies-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/animal-farm-movies.png 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 199px;\">\n<p>There are two movie versions of Animal Farm, one an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047834\/\">animated version<\/a> (1954); the other an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0204824\/\">animatronic version<\/a> from 1999. See a critical comparison <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/movie-reviews\/animal-farm-1954-1999\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 47.5858%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zen-and-art-of-motorcycle-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zen-and-art-of-motorcycle-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/zen-and-art-of-motorcycle.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 317px;\">\n<p>What is quality? Robert M. Pirsig\u2019s <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> (William Morrow, 2005) turns a father-son motorcycle trip into an exploration of the nature of a good life. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Games and Experiments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 997px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 233px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%; height: 233px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questions-curious-minds-1-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questions-curious-minds-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questions-curious-minds-1-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questions-curious-minds-1-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/questions-curious-minds-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.4827%; height: 233px;\">\n<p>From the School of Life, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theschooloflife.com\/shop\/philosophical-questions-for-curious-minds\/\">Philosophical Questions for Curious Minds<\/a> is a card game of challenging questions based on some of the major conundrums of philosophy. \u00a0(Imagine you and your best friend swapped brains \u2013 which person would be you?) A terrific addition to the family dinner table. For ages 8 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 209px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%; height: 209px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.4827%; height: 209px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/conversationstartersworld.com\/philosophical-questions\/\">Philosophical Questions<\/a> is a long online list, categorized under Human Nature and the Human Condition, The Universe and Reality, The Human Mind, Ethics and Morality, Society and Government, and Science and Technology. Make your own philosophical questions game!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 317px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%; height: 317px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thinking-254x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.4827%; height: 317px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyexperiments.com\/\">Philosophy Experiments<\/a> is an online interactive collection of philosophical challenges. Problems include \u201cShould You Kill the Fat Man?\u201d \u201cWould You Eat Your Cat?\u201d and \u201cFraming the Epidemic.\u201d Prepare for interesting, but tough, decisions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 238px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%; height: 238px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stanley-parable-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stanley-parable-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stanley-parable-1024x863.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stanley-parable-768x648.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stanley-parable.png 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.4827%; height: 238px;\">\n<p>Philosophy through videogames? 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