Critical Thinking book recommendations for kids - wanted

[regevdl]

Hello, 

 

I am on the hunt for some good critical thinking-for kids sources.  Websites, books, whatever you have.  My kids are 6 and 8 and I do some of my own but sort of running out of ideas that they can grow into.  

 

I recently saw a video (unrelated to this) but a woman suggested a book for kids called I Wonder or Eye Wonder but didn't reference the author, so if anyone has more details on this book, please post.  

 

Also, referenced was Camp Quest.  I found only websites for an actual camp retreat for kids but I do not live in the US, so I guess that isn't relative unless there is another Camp Quest (like a general website, etc)

 

Thanks FDR community!

[Will Torbald]

I would suggest Richard Dawkins' The Magic of Reality. It's recommended for kids age 12, though, but I don't think it would be too much of a problem if they are a little younger than that if they are intelligent already.

 

[shirgall]

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi, illustrated by Alejandro Giraldo

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1615192255

 

How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes by Peter and Andrew Schiff.

 

http://www.amazon.com/How-Economy-Grows-Why-Crashes/dp/1118770277

 

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe

 

http://www.amazon.com/Thing-Explainer-Complicated-Stuff-Simple/dp/0544668251

[Matthew Ed Moran]

Economics in One Lesson ​​​ by Henry Hazlitt is really good about explaining the principles of economics, I think it contains some really broad lessons that no intelligent person should ignore. It's well written and around 100 pages, too.​

[regevdl]

Thanks everyone so far!  I'll check back on this thread in case there are other suggestions from anyone else.  

[EuanM]

The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Time-Josephine-Tey/dp/0684803860/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450670665&sr=1-1&keywords=the+daughter+of+time+josephine+tey

[k.lode]

The Scribner's juveniles written by Robert A. Heinlein were--and still are--some of my favorites. While not exactly educational, they encouraged my curiosity about space and science when I was a kid. My only wish is that I had been given my first Heinlein earlier than 11. I absolutely cannot recommend them highly enough.