Think Squad

for children aged 6−12

A graphic novel series about the art of thinking

How is that possible?

The other sees the silence of the night.

Two children stand before the same painting at the museum. One sees a dragon.

The Observation Machine fails when imagination takes the place of observation.

Careful thinking is harder than it looks — and much more exciting.

Where will this journey take them?
What will they discover — about the painting, about the mind, and about themselves?

The Word Keeper brings back the wrong words.
The Reasoning Detectives leap to conclusions before examining the evidence.

To find out, they begin a journey — not only through the painting, but through the mind itself. Their guides are the Thinking Squad: the Observer, the Word Keeper, the Detective Agency of Reasoners, and others. But the children are only beginning to learn how these heroes work, and sometimes they break the system.

Each volume can be read independently, while the series grows in depth with the reader.

As the series progresses, it expands to include more complex skills, such as exploring viewpoints, comparing and making connections, and uncovering complexity.

→ careful observation,
→ description,
→ distinguishing facts from opinions,
→ evidence-based reasoning.

It unfolds as a story, through superheroes who each carry out a different thinking skills:

But this is not explained like an encyclopedia.

is a series of 8 graphic novels in which two children discover what usually remains invisible: how thinking works.

Think Squad

Art is one of the richest tools for thinking a child can have — and by the end of the book, it is clear why.

Children are often told what to think

Each story begins with a single work of art — in a museum, at home, in a library — and opens into an adventure through the mind itself.

The other sees the night.

Two children stand before the same painting. One sees a dragon.

and helps children understand how it works — building the foundations of metacognition through memorable characters, strong visual metaphors, and familiar situations.

Thinking Squad makes thinking visible

Series of 8 graphic novels
For readers aged 6−12
Activity companion materials are available as supplements to each volume

Two children stand before the same painting. One sees a dragon.

The other sees the night.

is a series of 8 graphic novels in which two children discover that thinking is not magic — it is a set of tools that can be learned, tested, and sometimes repaired.

Each story begins with a single work of art — in a museum, at home, in a library — and opens into an adventure through the mind itself.

Each story begins with a single work of art — in a museum, at home, in a library — and opens into an adventure through the mind itself.

Art is one of the richest tools for thinking a child can have — and by the end of the book, it is clear why.

Think Squad makes metacognition tangible through characters who embody different cognitive skills, turning invisible mental processes into something children can see, understand, and use.

The children do not search for the "right" answer. They learn how to:

→ look carefully,
→ describe what they see,
→ ask better questions,
→ and support their ideas with evidence.

Each volume can be read independently, while the series grows in depth with the reader.

Activity companion materials are available as supplements to each volume.

She has 18 years of experience developing programs for critical and creative thinking through art, grounded in Artful Thinking (Harvard Project Zero) and Visual Thinking Strategies.
Think Squad grew directly from her practice — from watching children discover, again and again, that looking carefully at an image is one of the most demanding and rewarding things a mind can do. это можно в прямой речи облачко так Think Squad grew directly out of my practice: teaching critical and creative thinking through art, working closely with children, and looking for tools that could help them understand how thinking works.

She has worked with some of the leading independent publishing houses in Russia (Samokat, Polyandria, etc.). Her books have been translated into Latvian, English, and Chinese.
Finalist, Bologna Illustrators Exhibition
Amazing Braw Bookshelf (with the book Out of the Nest!)
iJungle Illustration Awards (Silver Medal)
and many others

olly.yavich@gmail.com

Art director: Olga Yavich

Artist and illustrator

Olesya Gonserovskaya

She has 18 years of experience developing programs for critical and creative thinking through art, grounded in Artful Thinking (Harvard Project Zero) and Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) method.
Think Squad grew directly from her practice — from watching children discover, again and again, that looking carefully at an image is one of the most demanding and rewarding things a mind can do.

is an art educator who treats art not as a subject to study, but as a way to think.

Anastasia Andreeva

@gmail.com

artmindwithnastia

artmindwithnastia@gmail.com

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