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Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Leslie argues that true curiosity--the sustained quest for understanding that begets insight and innovation--is becoming increasingly difficult to harness in our wired world. We confuse ease of access to information with curiosity, and risk losing our ability to ask questions that extend our knowledge gap rather than merely filling it. Worst of all, this decline in curiosity has led to a decline in empathy and our ability to care about those around...
2) The power of wonder: the extraordinary emotion that will change the way you live, learn, and lead
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Power of Wonder takes readers on a multidisciplinary journey through psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, literature, and business to share some of the surprising secrets behind the mechanics of wonder and guides readers in bringing more of it into their lives. Readers will learn about the components and elicitors of wonder, and how it can transform our bodies and brains. From taking a daily "awe walk" to discovering a new and all-consuming...
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 bestselling author of On Fire shows us how to recapture and harness our childlike sense of wonder in order to become more engaged, successful, and fulfilled. There once was a time when we joyfully raised our hands to answer questions, connected easily with others, believed that anything was possible, and fearlessly jumped into new experiences. A time when we viewed each day not as something to endure, but as a marvelous gift to explore and...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A philosophy and practice of asking the deeper, more essential questions required to address the complex problems we face as individuals, businesses, and a society. The rational mind prefers answers over questions. But we live in irrational times. Albert Einstein once said: "If I had sixty minutes to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I'd spend fifty-five minutes determining the right question to ask." At a time when our problems are too...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In Curious Minds: The Power of Connection, the authors explore what curiosity is and what it can do. Traipsing across the fields of philosophy and neuroscience, literature and network science, they discover that current definitions of curiosity are remarkably limited. Rather than think of curiosity as a drive to acquire new bits of information, they argue that curiosity is a practice of connection"--
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Each of King Neptunes 50 mermaid daughters boasts a special talent, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous place and finds answers, including the answer to the most important question of all: Who am I? A gorgeously illustrated story about finding one's purpose.
Author
Series
Ginny Goblin volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ginny tries to reach and open a box using a chair, then a grappling hook, then a catapult, while the narrator suggests ways to keep her away from it.
10) Alien tomato
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
When a mysterious red orb appears one day, the vegetables are not sure what to make of it and they decide that it must be an alien tomato, but Gopher is not convinced.
13) Off-limits
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Dad's office is off-limits--which only makes it more intriguing to his curious young daughter. As soon as she sees an opening, she sneaks in to have a look around. After all, there's no harm in just looking, right? What she discovers is a magical wonderland of sticky tape, paper clips that make glorious strands, and a kaleidoscopic array of sticky notes. Who could possibly resist playing with those? In a joyful ode to office supplies, Helen Yoon...
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