Product reviews for The Little Book of Thunks®

Having opened a dialogue on introducing thinking in schools with Little Owl Ian Gilbert has now moved the process on with a gem of a book.

The concept of a “Thunk” is excellent ” combining the idea of a thought and the “thud” in the individual's consciousness as the idea lands and generates purposeful mental activity ” better known as creative thought ” a commodity that is currently sadly lacking in our target obsessed school system.

Gilbert gives us the complete package an introduction to the process of stimulating creative thought in the class room and an appropriately mind bending collection of over 250 “thunks” to sample and work with. The delight in this presentation is that the book is not definitive but generative ” once you engage with the process outlined using Ian's examples you will quickly start generating your own examples and building the capacity of your students to think creatively for themselves ” a gift they will be blessed with for the rest of their lives.



So much excellent material in such a small book, demonstrates beautifully the simplicity of a truly creative idea.