A review by enniscath
Think Outside the Box by Justine Avery

2.0

This was not what I expected based on the book's description in the Giveaway I entered. I thought there would be some concrete examples of thinking outside the box, and maybe some puzzles and exercises for kids, but it's really just an extended list of vague concepts like "slow down" and "see the details that no-one else sees". Some of these are better than others, e.g. be proud of your mistakes or try something you've never done before, but overall I wasn't impressed. I'd intended to give this to my niblings (aged 3, 5, and 8), but I suspect they'll scoff at things like "trying to run a race the slowest" and "eating an ice cream cone from the bottom up". I'll give it to their parents instead and let them decide. If the kids end up loving it, I'll come back and upgrade my rating!