My coworker just pointed out this (which, despite its appearance, might actually be geared towards adults).
https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Book-Bad-Arguments/dp/1615192255
Would love to hear any other suggestions folks have. Books geared towards kids are best, but I'd also be interested in those aimed at preteens or young teens.
I would read one of the sections to my 7 year old daughter before bed and we would talk about it. She loved it.
This is geared for kids, but the questions are something we as adults think about all the time.
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Ideas-Curious-Minds-Introduction/...
I have some other books on critical and logical thinking for kids, but they are geared towards the 12 year old age. I could not quite get her into them.
My current approach has been to teach her how to think about problems using a set of lessons I created in Scratch. I essentially start her with a plan of what we want to do. Then I use a series of questions while we are building the project. The platform gives you a fast visual feedback so it is perfect. 8 years of age is probably the youngest age a kid can be to do this without adult supervision. This has been my experience teaching this to several elementary school classes grades 1-5
Also, it's a kids book but current book with the 2yo that I really enjoy is "My favorite book in the whole wide world" by Malcom Mitchell.
Thanks for the tip to Illustrated Book Bad Arguments. Looks interesting, just ordered.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1038863.Smart_Thinking
I am strong believer is if you can write well then you can think well. Both are interelated. Also you must play interactive role with nephew to make progress on critical thinking. Reading a books or 100 even is not useful if there is no dialogue, questions , challenges , debate or even summary. Critical mind don't accept anything without breaking it apart and tasting through fire. I hope this helps :)
I agree that "An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments" isn't a fit for kids. The pictures are good but the language wouldn't make sense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_(disambiguation)
You obviously don't mean the board game chess. That's not a book.