The Young Investigator's Notebook (Ages 7+)

Family Pack: get this with The People's Investigation Notebook for just £24.99. One for you, one for them. Add both to your basket and the saving is applied automatically at checkout.

Who's watching your data?

Our children are growing up with apps, games and smart speakers that learn about them every day. What they type, what they say and what they watch leaves a trail, and that trail is used to decide what they see next.

The Young Investigator's Notebook helps any parent teach their child to ask better questions: about adverts, headlines and videos, and about the apps, algorithms and AI shaping their world. No tech knowledge needed. Every section starts with a short "For the grown up" page explaining the idea in plain English, with conversation starters to get you going.

What's inside

• Ask better questions with the Investigator's Five Questions
• Spot the claim: fact, opinion, claim or advert?
• Your digital footprint: map the trail you leave every day
• How algorithms choose: be the algorithm and see how it works
• Is it real? Pictures, videos and AI
• Decisions about you: fair rules, unfair rules and who checks the computer
• Be an investigator: investigate an app or game together
• Take control: settings, family rules and your Investigator's Promise

Plus Oracle's Tips throughout, field notes pages, and a Certified Young Investigator certificate to sign at the end.

Who it's for

Home educating families, parents who want to do more alongside school, and any grown up who wants their child to grow up asking who made it, what it wants, and what it knows about them.

How it works

Short sessions of 10 to 20 minutes, done together, in any order. No screens needed to get started.

The details

• Ages 7+
• A5 paperback, 88 pages
• Black and white interior, full colour navy and gold cover
• Printed to order and posted straight to you

Question everything. Even the apps.