02882nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10667437 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 130130s2013 njua sb 001 0 eng d 2012050385 9780470656785 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780470656839 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781118545201 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)828868882 PN1009.A1 W296 2013eb 809/.89282 23 Wartenberg, Thomas E. A sneetch is a sneetch and other philosophical discoveries [electronic resource] : finding wisdom in children's literature / Thomas E. Wartenberg ; illustrations by Joy Kinigstein. Hoboken : John Wiley, 2013. x, 164 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Harold and the purple crayon: can you get wet swimming in an imaginary ocean? -- The important book: is a leopard without its spots still a leopard? -- Shrek!: could a dead skunk smell good? -- Let's do nothing: can you just do nothing at all? -- Knuffle Bunny: how do you know I'm angry if I don't say so? -- Many moons: do experts really know more? -- Yellow and pink: could human life have arisen purely by chance? -- Morris the Moose: how do you know when you've made a mistake? -- Emily's art: what's the difference between saying the Mona Lisa is a great painting and vanilla is your favorite flavor? -- Miss Nelson is missing!: is it okay for adults to deceive kids? -- The giving tree: how can it be wrong to give someone what they want? -- "Cookies": what good is having will-power if you don't have any more cookies? -- Frederick: can you enjoy doing something even if it's work? -- The sneetches: isn't it all right to discriminate in choosing your friends? -- The paper bag princess: what's wrong with "living happily ever after"? -- The big orange splot: is there anything wrong with conformity? -- Taking picture books seriously -- MS 1: who's who: thumbnail biographies of the philosophers -- MS 2: what's what: key philosophical terms -- MS 3: next steps: even more philosophical picture books -- MS 4: next steps: digger deeper into philosophy. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Children's literature History and criticism. Philosophy in literature. Children Books and reading. Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. Electronic books. local Kinigstein, Joy. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10667437 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 61372 61372