Bookset - 03&Up – Intellectual Independence

Included Books

  • Arthur Writes a Story
  • Big Sarah's Little Boots
  • The Paper Bag Princess

Available to Purchase

Price: $ 23.89 $23.00

Intellectual Independence comes in handy if one must trick a dragon, settle on a new pair of boots or write a speech for class.  Think for yourself cartoon for ValuedMinds children's booksetHelp your child ‘see’ what it is to think for oneself —rather than being comfortably provided with answers from adults (& later, from ‘experts’).


Review of Books

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73

Arthur Writes a Story

No good author is a second-hander.
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Suggested Age: 4 to 9
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Arthur's original story for Rathburn's class proves much better than the one that used everyone else's 'good ideas',

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97

Big Sarah's Little Boots

A child thinks through a lesson, and is happy.
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Suggested Age: 3 to 7
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This unique story shows a child thinking: Sarah has outgrown her boots and, after a struggle to stretch them, realizes that growing up is natural, happy and irreversible.

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86

The Paper Bag Princess

Intellectual independence is a decision available to either gender.
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Suggested Age: 3 to 7
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Princess Elizabeth uses her distinctly independent judgment to face a Dragon and her betrothed.