{"id":282,"date":"2020-09-17T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/iapc\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:51:39","slug":"thinking-in-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/iapc\/thinking-in-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking in Stories: Reviewing Philosophy in Children’s Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1979, Thinking in Stories<\/em> has provided reviews of children\u2019s and young adult literature containing philosophical perplexities ripe for inter-generational dialogue. The column was created by the late American philosopher Gareth B. Matthews, who initiated the study of philosophy in children\u2019s literature. In his role as contributing editor for Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children<\/a>,<\/em> Matthews wrote 58 Thinking in Stories<\/em> reviews between 1979 and 2006. The column was continued by Dr. Peter Shea and became a weblog in 2020. Those interested in contributing a review should read these guidelines<\/a> and follow their instructions for submission.<\/p>\n

Copyright for Thinking in Stories<\/em> reviews published in the IAPC journal Thinking<\/em> (1979-2014) is held by the IAPC and requests for reprint permissions should be sent to iapc@montclair.edu<\/a>. Copyright for reviews published on this weblog (since 2020) is held by Dr. Peter Shea and requests for reprint permissions should be sent to shea0017@umn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two other websites devoted to philosophy in children’s literature (created by colleagues of Matthews) are\u00a0Philosophy and Children’s Literature<\/a> (PLATO: Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) and Teaching Children Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0(Prindle Institute for Ethics at DuPauw\u00a0University).<\/p>\n

Thinking in Stories about War and Dispossession<\/a><\/span>Thinking in Stories about Nature<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Reviews Alphabetical by Title<\/div>
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