Books to stimulate children’s curiosity around but few help a child
to order their thoughts or to use questions in a structured way. In Maybe
Yes, Maybe No by Dan Barker (Prometheus, New York, pp 80, $11.95 pbk) Wanda
investigates her friend’s tales of ghosts, following the rules of a scientific
inquiry. The cartoon story in accompanied by a simple text and followed
by ideas on how to disprove or prove a theory.
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