I read this with my twin five year old boys and 10 year old daughter; all were enthralled. The writing is simple but gripping, offering opportunities on every page for parents to engage in dialogue with their kids. This is exactly the kind of book that excites the curiosity of young minds. The illustrations are excellent and provide their own ancillary narrative quality to the book. Thrilled to add this to the kids' book collection and look forward to reading it with them again. Keep these gems coming!

I really liked the book, gave my nissa copy for her kids. Easy choice, as I follow David Pakman daily. His books do not disappoint.

My daughter is 7 years old for another couple months. After hearing of the massive success of 'Think Like a Detective', I eagerly anticipated the release of 'Think Like a Scientist', featuring a girl as the main character. My daughter likes using her tablet, and reading books with silly stories ( e.g. 'Dogman'), so I was a bit worried she may not be interested in the more useful message of Detective, but an amazing thing happened when I handed her this book: she devoured it cover-to-cover in about 15 minutes. I stood over her shoulder and read along. This is brilliantly (and succinctly) written with wonderful illustrations - just the right amount of text copy to keep my kid interested, and that's no easy task!

We're so looking forward to your next work, David. With all that you do on YouTube and the podcast, I don't know where you found the time and energy, but thank you for creating this little instruction manual for the mind.

I ordered David's 1st book, "Think Like A Detective", for my grand daughters- & it was great! Not only did I enjoy it, but my grand daughters love to read it to eachother. I just received this book, and I am pleasantly surprised! It is every bit as wonderful as the 1st book, if not better. The illustrations are beautiful, & it walks children through the process of exploring & learning about the world around them. I'm excited to share this new book with my grand daughters, & look forward to many more great children's books from David Pakman. Who would have thought a guy with an informative, interesting, independent media commentary show, would be such an exceptional children's book author!

David Packman is the author and it is consistent with his style of presentation.

The ideas are something that a lot of adults would benefit from reading in today’s environment of misinformation.

The total lack of critical thinking about the political propaganda being offered by a very large network, that has been massively fined for outright and knowingly lying to their viewers is unfortunately missing and this book is a very good guide for them and their children.

Good for probably 8+ year old reader depending on the child’s reading level.

I bought it for my 7 year old grandson who is a very good reader and the book was acceptable for him and readable by him, but I feel his appreciation will be higher in a couple of years.

The ideas will age well.

PS: Some adults would benefit greatly from reading it. But those who would benefit the most probably won’t read it, especially to their children.

I liked how the storyline goes, it's set up to get the reader/kids into the mindset of thinking of the questions one would/should when it comes to sciences. IMO, these are fundamentals that are important to have (the earlier the better), & can only help in their growth.

Only downside I had was the length - I would've liked it if the book was a bit longer, maybe a few/several different stories & ideas, separated by chapters.

Other than that it was great; my 6 year-old enjoyed reading it! Thanks, David Pakman!

Overall, this book is a very good introduction to scientific thinking for the very young. Strangely, the first book in the series is labeled for ages 5 - 10 (when I think 6 - 12 was more appropriate,) while this book is labeled 6 - 12 (when I think 3 - 7 is more appropriate.) The concepts presented are extremely introductory, and the gorgeous full size photos make this book engaging for the younger set. The book follows a child as she goes through the introductory steps of learning to develop a hypothesis, and then testing that hypothesis. There are a few inconsistencies, such as when protagonist Amy hypothesizes that ice is "light like a feather"...but then instead of testing the ice against a feather, she tests it against a stone. Another example when the book says "Not all her guesses were right, but that's Ok," only nowhere in the book did she make a wrong guess. I think the inconsistencies will be bothersome to older children, but they will not be noticed by the younger set. The overall story is both fun and factual, but will be most appealing to children under the age of 7.

My daughter was so excited she started reading it on her own! She and I read the first great book in this series, “Think Like A Detective”, together. Phenomenal book. Both books encourage and tech the skills of critical thinking, and basic inductive or deductive logics. Great pictures, wonderful problems to think through with our protagonist as she grows her scientific knowledge. I think my favorite part was the verbiage at the end of the book related to being wrong while learning, and how it’s ok, since when we realize we were wrong, we can eliminate that from our resining and grow from it. Just awesome. I love reading these with her, and look forward to the next one!

My kids loved this book.

Then my wife told me it was excellent.

Now that I read it I realise they have great taste.

This one is better than Think like a detective and that’s a fact and not opinion….

I love this book because it teaches one of the most beautiful things in the world that a child can have: curiosity!

Grössere Kinder können das Buch problemlos selber lesen, jüngere gemeinsam mit den Eltern.

This is the second children’s book by David Pakman. I bought it for my daughter who is now consuming opinions and content from more varied sources including YouTube.

It’s important that she has a healthy scepticism and awareness to view the world in a mature and critical way. It’s shocking to me how even adults swallow what are to me, obvious lies and conspiracy theories. I don’t what this for her.

Both David’s books are worthwhile supplements to primary education and imo help to fill a vulnerable gap in a young person’s ability to cope with a cynical, deceptive world of social and news media.

Start early to get your child thinking like a scientist. In today’s world, critical thinking is more important than ever, and this book is a great start in that direction.