Is it OK to kill ants? When?
Would you like to live in a zoo? Why?
Is it always cruel to make someone do something they don’t want to do?
What do you think?

Wonder Ponder introduces readers to philosophy’s big questions in a way that is fun and appealing.

Engaging scenes and intriguing questions prompt reflection and discussion encouraging children to develop their own thoughts and arguments and to build a visual and conceptual map of the issue addressed in each box.

Cruelty Bites, half-way between a book and a game, comes in a box (though it is available in book format as well) and invites readers aged eight and over to think about cruelty and our relationship with cruelty in a playful and careful way.

Through 14 illustrated scenes and more than 100 open-ended questions, it encourages us to think:

What is cruel and what is not so cruel?
Can cruelty ever be justified?
How should we respond to the cruelty of others?
What can we do to avoid our own cruelty?

Contents
14 illustrated sheets with more than 100 questions to encourage reflection, 3 sheets for creating and asking questions, a short guide for children and adults, a Wonder Ponder themed poster (A3), as well as an exploration method with suggestions for use.

If Cruelty Bites is so striking and entertaining, if it successfully combines playfulness and horror, it is because its authors see the world through the eyes of children. El País, Babelia

A work of “visual philosophy” that invites dialogue and the confrontation of positions. A boxed set that should be required reading: “Open, look, think.” El Mundo, El Cultural

Cruelty Bites offers a novel approach to thinking through images, humor, and curiosity, aimed at children and adults alike. Wonder Ponder’s ideas, as original as they are well-founded, will get people talking. Leer Magazine

Wonder Ponder is the magic of amazement and the wonder of reflection; the childlike desire to ask questions and learn. Universidad de Padres (Universo UP)

I would give this box as a gift because of the great and lasting gifts it offers: learning to articulate and evaluate ideas, strengthening confidence to reason and resolve disagreements, and fostering empathy and respect for diverse opinions. Letras Libres

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