Young Philosophers Series

The Young Philosophers Series is dedicated to listening to and valuing children as natural philosophers. These unconventional and creative books are designed to get children’s imaginations flowing.

Why in the World Are We Here?

Navigate how we experience time and place, in the mix between physical and psychological spaces, and how these become a core part of our cultural norms. Travel with two creatures, Eia and Whhat, who have spent as long as they can remember on their tiny island wondering why in the world they were there. One day they get fed up with wondering and decide to just go and ask someone else. They set sail. After many moon-suns, they reach the Island of Fun.

Book Details: Paperback 8.5×11 inches (215.9 x 279.4mm), 130 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-925864-21-
Retail Price: 37.39 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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The Book With No Story

The Book With No Story is a surprisingly quirky creative writing resource for children with wild imaginations. It is jam-packed with 52 creatures who have run away from the author, Clare-Rose because they got bored with her stories. They are desperate for original thinkers to put them into new stories.

Book Details: Paperback 6.5 x 6.5 inches (165 x 165mm), 134 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-925864-41-0
Retail Price: 37.39 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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The Fake Dictionary

The Fake Dictionary challenges 8 to 12-year-olds to be ‘wordsmiths’, the builders of new words. As the title implies, this is a very original dictionary. Part text and part illustration, young readers are asked to think up the meaning of both. Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl and other writers of comedy were creators of new words. We believe their comic spirit is alive in children of today.

Book Details: Paperback 5.06 x 7.81 inches (129 x 198mm), 60 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-925864-22-9
Retail Price: 21.99 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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The One Thing & Anothers

Perhaps the most quirky philosophical book of all, The One Thing & Anothers tells the story of two aliens, Rio and Huxley. They live on the Planet of Stuff and are bored of living in their castle and swimming in their 17 swimming pools. Trying to escape the boredom makes them hitch a ride into the night sky where they come across a beautiful planet. Yes, it’s Earth, barely disguised under the name Earthia. Once again, young bright minds are called on to write the next chapter in the story.

Book Details: Paperback 5.5 x 8.5 inches (139.7 x 215.9mm), 60 pages
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-925864-21-2
Retail Price: 21.99 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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Past Life Library

The Past Life Library is a collection of five journals, each with an accompanying soundtrack. Throughout the series, the five heroines: Inka, Charli, Aisa, Rose and Raphaella, come to know their complex, often contradictory thoughts. By writing, singing and drawing their experiences in their journals, we find both their inside and outside stories, and how they find and create radiant lives. The collection is a celebration of life in all of its enchanting colours.

Eternal Inka: Illustrated

Eternal Inka is a novel for 12 to 14-year-olds which leads to questions around what art even is. Does everyone make something? Are we all artists? What makes something beautiful? What does it mean to see through someone’s gaze? Do we all see things differently?

Book Details: Paperback 7×10 inches (178 x 254mm), 230 pages
ISBN: 978-1-925864-39-7
Retail Price: 46.19 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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Everlasting Charli: Illustrated

Everlasting Charli is a novel for 12 to 14-year-olds which intertwines questions of environmentalism, trust and true or half-true love. Is it possible to love everybody? And what of animals or planet Earth? The book also asks the readers to think about the nature of competition, and what exactly is that thread inside of us that wants to win.

Book Details: Paperback 7×10 inches (178 x 254mm), 236 pages
ISBN: 978-0-6480505-6-8
Retail Price: 46.19 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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Infinite Aisa: Illustrated

Infinite Aisa is a novel for 12 to 14-year-olds which raises the questions of thinking, of thoughts we are not so proud of, and of general meanness. It examines the nature of being hurt and asks the reader about revenge, envy and forgiveness. Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Have you ever hurt someone you love? Do you forgive yourself easily?

Book Details: Paperback 7×10 inches (178 x 254mm), 236 pages
ISBN: 978-0-6480505-8-2
Retail Price: 46.19 AUD (wholesale discount if purchased directly via the distributor: Ingram)
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Forever Raphaella: Illustrated

Coming 2024

Always Rose: Illustrated

Coming 2024