When is it dumb to argue? Do your students know the five rules of brainstorming? Who has a good reason to lie? This entertaining and enlightening book turns logic from dry to delightful as it equips kids with tools for critical thinking, developing opposing viewpoints, and scientific investigation. Features end-of-chapter exercises and an answer key. Ages 13 and up. 234 pages, softcover from Christian Logic.

If you think studying logic is going to be laborious and boring, then you haven’t seen these refreshingly clever volumes written by homeschool graduates Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn. In The Fallacy Detective, students are guided through 38 short lessons designed to help them pay attention to details, listen carefully, and recognize faulty reasoning, deception, and propaganda wherever they encounter it. Many of the examples are taken right out of the headlines of the liberal media, so the book is timely as well as practical.

Each of the 35 short lessons in The Thinking Toolbox with accompanying exercises can be completed in about 30 minutes. The beguiling illustrations—such as “The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” “The Moon Landing Hoax,” or a little crime drama where evidence is analyzed to catch a thief—made it difficult to keep from reading ahead to the next lesson! Some topics cleverly woven into this often-amusing text include: When is it dumb to argue? How do we use the scientific method, and what is pseudoscience? Who has a reason to lie? How do we go about analyzing evidence, sources, and opposing viewpoints, and listing reasons why we believe something? Students who master the skills of solid reasoning gain a whole lot more “common sense” than others, exercising better stewardship in making decisions, earning money, saving time, and investing resources wisely. For ages 12 to adult. Both include cartoons and answer keys. Approx. 220 pages each, softcovers from Christian Logic.

—Dean

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