Interested in teaching philosophy and ethics to elementary school children? We’ve got over 200 discussion guides designed to help you introduce philosophy and ethics using popular children’s picture books. Each discussion guide will introduce educators to the key philosophical or ethical issues in the picture book. The guides also provide questions to help initiate a philosophical discussion with young children.
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Discussion Guides
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña Discussion Guide, Felicity Carroll, Samuel McHugh, Jessica Mejía, and Emily Knuth
Late for School by Mike Reiss Discussion Guide, Prindle Institute
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems Discussion Guide, Nicholas Juselius and Jarmila Lilly
Let's Do Nothing by Tony Fucile Discussion Guide, Benny Shea and Jayme Johnson
Let's Make Rabbits by Leo Lionni Discussion Guide, Claudia Catalano, Katie D'Ambly, Rebecca Bailey, and Nancy Soundant
Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester Discussion Guide, Nina Miller
Let's Talk About Race (En Español) by Julius Lester Discussion Guide, Nina Miller and María Van Eyk
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes Discussion Guide, Norah Brown and Ammar Babar
Lily Brown's Paintings by Angela Johnson Discussion Guide, Maya Dean
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni Discussion Guide, Hina Jawaid and Thomas Wartenberg
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Discussion Guide, Prindle Institute
Many Moons by James Thurber Discussion Guide, Reisa Alexander
Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni Discussion Guide, Kate Vigour and Nancy Soudant
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen Discussion Guide, Mateusz Marcinowski
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton Discussion Guide, Carly Yu and Mina Wolf
Milk and Cookies by Frank Asch Discussion Guide, Alexander Chang
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag Discussion Guide, Danielle F. dela Gorgendiere
Minty by Alan Schroeder Discussion Guide, Reisa Alexander
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully Discussion Guide, Beth Calano
Miss Nelson Is Missing! by James Marshall and Harry Allard Discussion Guide, Taryn Hargrove
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney Discussion Guide, Jenna Caputo
Miss Tizzy by Libba Moore Gray and Jada Rowland Discussion Guide, Tracy Brannstrom
Mmm, Cookies! by Robert Munsch Discussion Guide, Prindle Institute
Morris the Moose by B. Wiseman Discussion Guide, Thomas Wartenberg
Mortimer by Robert Munsch Discussion Guide, Bryan Li
Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco Discussion Guide, Dominique Piquant
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe Discussion Guide, Daniel Lowinger
My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold Discussion Guide, Liz Tabor
My No No No Day by Rebecca Patterson Discussion Guide, Imani Luellen
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems Discussion Guide, John Simpson
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaola Discussion Guide, Prindle Institute
Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield Discussion Guide, Lindsay Kurahara
No Matter What by Debi Gliori Discussion Guide, Irene Amalaraj
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis Discussion Guide, Caitlin Granahan
Nova's Ark by David Kirk Discussion Guide, Alex Bynum and Sam Cooke
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss Discussion Guide, Danielle Perris and Lindsay Romantic
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! by Dr. Seuss Discussion Guide, Nathaniel Mahlberg
Olivia by Ian Falconer Discussion Guide, Yonghun Heo, Jessica Mejía, and Emily Knuth
OneEye! TwoEyes! ThreeEyes! by Aaron Sheppard Discussion Guide, Prindle Institute
Owen by Kevin Henkes Discussion Guide, Alex Mercurio
"Owl and the Moon" from Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel Discussion Guide, Sulaiha Schwartz
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle Discussion Guide, Lucia Skekoff
Perfect the Pig by Susan Jeschke Discussion Guide, Prindle Institute
Piggybook by Anthony Browne Discussion Guide, Sarah Magid and Daniel Gorter
Please Try to Remember the FIRST of OCTEMBER! by Dr. Seuss Discussion Guide, Morgan Patrie and Thanasi Andreoglou
Press Here by Hervé Tullet Discussion Guide, Ellen Duthie
Punchinello and the Most Marvelous Gift by Max Lucado Discussion Guide, Molly Steinberg and Ruth Steinke
Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall Discussion Guide, Jessica Mejía and Emily Knuth
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson Discussion Guide, Haley Thompson, Lauren LaMore, and Corinne Steele
Rot, the Cutest in the World! by Ben Clanton Discussion Guide, David Marsh
