About this item
Highlights
- Thirteen is feared and disliked for no good reason, while Twelve has always been so popular!
- 3-10 Years
- 8.5" x 11.0" Paperback
- 28 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, General
Description
About the Book
Explore the ancient historical roots of this popular superstition while encouraging children to use evidence-based, critical thinking with our friend, Thirteen!
Book Synopsis
Thirteen is feared and disliked for no good reason, while Twelve has always been so popular! When Thirteen and his friend Friday get together -watch out for friggatriskaidekaphobia! Explore the ancient historical roots of these popular superstitions while encouraging children to use evidence-based, critical thinking with our friend, Thirteen!
Review Quotes
"A wonderful introduction to the origins and effects of one of the world's most popular and irrational phobias, the fear of the number thirteen, delightfully told by a young boy and his friends 13 and Friday. This lively story will help children avoid unnecessary fears and teach them about the long history of Triskaidekaphobia. Highly recommended."
-Stuart Vyse, author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition
"What an absolutely delightful story about a bizarre belief that millions of people hold-that there's something unlucky about the number 13. Of course, there isn't, and we know this through reason and science, and the earlier children learn how to think about such superstitions the better society will be. My little boy loved the story and so will you!"
-Michael Shermer, Publisher Skeptic magazine, author Why People Believe Weird Things