title: Philosophy for Kids: 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder about Everything!
author: David White
description: For teachers familiar with the Community of Inquiry approach used in many philosophy for children activities, this book is worth examining. It provides an alternative approach that focuses directly on philosopical issues as raised by noted philosophers. In the hands of gifted teachers, White's apprach to philosophy for children, especially for gifted students, may encourage a childhood study of philosophy more akin to philosophy as done in many college classrooms. This can be a plus as long as the disparity between intellect and character is avoided.<br /><br />--James S. Kelly, Department of Philosophy, Miami University, Oxford OH, Teaching Philosophy
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  **Burned**
  
  Ellen Hopkins
  
  **Did You Ever**
  
  When you were little, endure
  
  your parents' warnings, then wait for them to leave the room, pry loose
  protective covers and consider inserting some metal
  
  object into an electrical outlet?
  
  Did you wonder if for once
  
  you might light up the room?
  
  When you were big enough to cross the street on your own, did you ever wait
  for a signal, hear the frenzied approach of a fire truck and feel like
  stepping out in front of it?
  
  Did you wonder just how far
  
  that rocket ride might take you
  
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  When you were alraost grown, did you ever sit in a bubble bath,
  
  Perspiration pooling, notice a blow-dryer plugged in within easy reach, and
  think about dropping it into the water?
  
  Did you wonder if the expected
  
  rush might somehow fail you?
  
  And now, do you ever dangle
  
  your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity
  to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home?
  
  I, Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten, do.
  
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