RESOURCES: CHAPTER 14 For publisher and catalog addresses, telephone numbers, and other information, see the Sources section. These texts can be obtained directly from the publishers; where we know of a mail-order option, we have provided it. Books in series are listed together, in the order you'll want to use them.
A Case of Red Herrings: Solving Mysteries through Critical Questioning. Pacific Grove, CA: Critical Thinking Press, 1992.
$11.95 each. Order directly from Critical Thinking Books and Software.
Book A1
Book A2
These are designed for fourth and fifth graders.
Book B1
Book B2
These are optional texts for the student who wants to do more.
Canon Press Logic series. Moscow, ID: Canon Press.
This series can be ordered from Rainbow Resource Center or directly from Canon Press.
Introductory Logic, Douglas J. Wilson (1990).
$15 for the student text.
Introductory Logic Answer Key, $4.
Intermediate Logic, James B. Nance (1996)
$23 for the student text.
Intermediate Logic Answer Key, $6.50 for teacher's manual.
Harnadek, Anita. Critical Thinking series. Pacific Grove, CA: Critical Thinking Press, 1981.
You can order this series from Critical Thinking Books and Software, or for a discount from Rainbow Resource Center.
Critical Thinking Book One, $16.95
Critical Thinking Book One Teacher's Manual, $9.95
Critical Thinking Book Two, $19.95
Critical Thinking Book Two Teacher's Manual, $10.95
Harnadek, Anita. Mind Benders series. Pacific Grove, CA: Critical Thinking Press, 1981.
Order these books directly from Critical Thinking Books and Software.
Mind Benders: Warm-Up.
$7.95. Designed for grades K-2, but all logic students should start here. The problems are easy, but the book's purpose is to teach the process of deductive learning. Don't skip this level.
Instructions & Solutions.
$10.95. Unless you're a professor of logic, buy this manual -- it will take you through all three levels of Mind Benders.
Mind Benders: A1
Mind Benders: A2
Mind Benders: A3
Mind Benders: A4.
$7.95 each. These four books will prepare most fifth graders for the Canon Press introductory logic course.
Mind Benders: B1
Mind Benders: B2
Mind Benders: B3
Mind Benders: B4.
$7.98 each. Theses intermediate level books are graded by the publisher as "Grade 6-Adult Ability." Use them as supplementary for the child who finishes A4 and wants to do more.
Mind Benders: C1
Mind Benders: C2
Mind Benders: C3.
$7.95 each. These are high school level problems, for the eighth-grader who has finished logic and wants to review.