TY - BOOK AU - Wartenberg,Thomas E. TI - A sneetch is a sneetch and other philosophical discoveries: finding wisdom in children's literature SN - 9781118545201 AV - PN1009.A1 W296 2013eb U1 - 809/.89282 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Hoboken PB - John Wiley KW - Children's literature KW - History and criticism KW - Philosophy in literature KW - Children KW - Books and reading KW - Knowledge, Theory of, in literature KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Harold and the purple crayon: can you get wet swimming in an imaginary ocean? -- The important book: is a leopard without its spots still a leopard? -- Shrek!: could a dead skunk smell good? -- Let's do nothing: can you just do nothing at all? -- Knuffle Bunny: how do you know I'm angry if I don't say so? -- Many moons: do experts really know more? -- Yellow and pink: could human life have arisen purely by chance? -- Morris the Moose: how do you know when you've made a mistake? -- Emily's art: what's the difference between saying the Mona Lisa is a great painting and vanilla is your favorite flavor? -- Miss Nelson is missing!: is it okay for adults to deceive kids? -- The giving tree: how can it be wrong to give someone what they want? -- "Cookies": what good is having will-power if you don't have any more cookies? -- Frederick: can you enjoy doing something even if it's work? -- The sneetches: isn't it all right to discriminate in choosing your friends? -- The paper bag princess: what's wrong with "living happily ever after"? -- The big orange splot: is there anything wrong with conformity? -- Taking picture books seriously -- MS 1: who's who: thumbnail biographies of the philosophers -- MS 2: what's what: key philosophical terms -- MS 3: next steps: even more philosophical picture books -- MS 4: next steps: digger deeper into philosophy UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118545119 ER -