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Margaret Gichuru and Lin Lin, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department, Rhiannon Maton, Foundations and Social Advocacy Department, and Mechthild Nagel, Philosophy and Africana Studies departments, had an article, “Engaging children in philosophical inquiry through picturebooks,” published in the Athens Journal of Education. The authors discuss how philosophical inquiry can promote critical thinking in children, considerations in the use of culturally responsive and abolitionist feminist curriculum and pedagogy in teaching philosophy, and highlights the utility of multiple stakeholder collaboration for successful philosophical inquiry projects in schools. The article closes by discussing key recommendations for the implementation of philosophical inquiry programs in preschool and elementary schools.