Picture Books
Recommendations and lesson ideas
In the early 1990s p4c-ers such as Karin Murris and Tim Sprod wrote about the potential of picture books for eliciting interesting philosophical questions from children. Now, all over the world, picture books provide a rich stimulus for p4c.
In this section, our contributors not only recommend picture books they find suitable for p4c but may also suggest activities and ideas for lessons or series of lessons on the books of their choice. Read on or consider becoming a contributor to share your ideas.
| Title | Category | Author | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choose a King An activity leading to dialogue about qualities of leadership after reading ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak (activity cards attached) | Picture Books | Sara Stanley | 17/03/2010 - 19:06 |
| Theming ideas from 'The Last Noo-Noo' by Jill Murphy An extract from a session using 'The Last Noo-Noo' by Jill Murphy. Pupils had been thinking philosophically for six months in their first year at school. | Picture Books | Sara Stanley | 26/11/2008 - 17:51 |
| Where the Wild Things Are Ideas for using the popular picture book by Maurice Sendak. This is an extract from Storywise by Karin Murris and Joanna Haynes | Picture Books | Karin Murris | 17/09/2008 - 11:52 |
| Little Blue and Little Yellow Recommendation and ideas for the picture book by Leo Lionni | Picture Books | Karin Murris | 06/09/2008 - 21:45 |
| Recommended picture books Over 50 recommended picture books with summaries and ideas on themes etc. | Picture Books | James Nottingham | 05/09/2008 - 20:41 |
| Dragons and Giants Lesson ideas of the story 'Dragons and Giants' from 'Frog and Toad Together' by Arnold Lobel | Picture Books | Steve Williams | 18/08/2008 - 17:15 |
| The Important Book Lessons ideas for 'The Important Book'. Issues of personal identity and 'things that are important'. | Picture Books | Steve Williams | 12/05/2008 - 10:22 |