Product reviews for Little Owl's Book of Thinking

Little Owl's Book of Thinking is a beautiful piece of work by the clever and ingenious pen of Ian Gilbert. The book immediately fires your brain and prepares it for the 'seven different lessons for learning and thinking for little owl', known to some of us as 'Benny'.

The fantastic statements in each of the lessons make you pause, and you find yourself 'thinking' in ways maybe you haven't though of before! - does that mean the book is working on my brain as I am reading it? - It must be! Often I had the most wonderful experience of 'smiling' - a pleasant warm smile that made me feel 'safe', much like a father or mother telling you a story at bed time, you know the type of smile that means 'everything' a heavenly feeling.

I have never read a book that makes you think as you are reading. When I mean 'think' I mean REALLY think, in a sort of 'working it out' mode, much like a new discovery or maybe a new feeling or experience, very clever, Ian Gilbert is a master of thinking and thought. The fact that it has been written in 'story' from appeals to me and yet there are 'REAL LESSONS' to be learnt about life and learning - clever by Jove!

Ian Gilbert is such a clever 'thinking' person and author that he has created a book about 'Thinking' without those long complicated words you can get in some books, and boy, are there far too many characters in some books that you've lost the plot after the first page, those are failures, but this is a TOTAL WINNER!

Everyone should read this 'Little Book' - especially children, because it makes you think in ways that you might not ever have thought of before - it should be compulsory for all children to read it as they would learn about 'HOW' to think, 'WHY' they think, and then be able to 'Think' about working Thinking out things in a better way than before, or maybe not better, but different.

I believe that the characters are so loveable, and yet like people too, that Benny could move on to learning more lessons from his wise old dad, but, is willing to ask 'why' and 'how' more. Asking questions in learning must be the most important thing for progress.

If I had a 'Benny' owl or a 'Wise Old Owl Dadin my bedroom instead of a Teddy Bear, I might ask them what they think if I ever got stuck with 'Thinking and Learning' in school. A visual inspiration is a good as a thought, and that's why I can now think about Benny thinking, and 'think' about how he would try and work things out.

Ian Gilbert is a 'real clever owl' one with lost of wisdom and creativity because he has written about thinking in a way no-one else ever could.

Thank you 'Wise Man' for showing me the way the better thinking, and telling me through your book that it's Ok to ask questions, in many different ways and wonder 'WHY' about life and learning. Now I am thinking about thinking.

Thanks.