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Independent Publisher of Practical Books and Visual Guides

For curious minds and creative lives.

Put Your Curiosity to Work.

Notice more. Wonder more. Make meaningful things.

Featured Publications

A curated selection of recent releases and favorite places to start.
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Start Anyway.

Places to begin when you're feeling stuck

When you don't know what to do next, begin with these simple actions and questions. They'll help you notice something, ask a different question, try another approach, or make something small to learn from.

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Persuade Better.

Ancient Rhetoric for Modern Communication

Build stronger messages using timeless principles of persuasion. A practical visual guide to planning communication that connects.

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Think Differently.

When One Way of Thinking Isn't Enough

Explore practical ways to approach problems from new angles. This poster introduces eleven thinking styles so you can choose an approach that best fits the challenge.

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Get Unstuck.

Questions That Help You Move Forward

Move past overthinking with questions that lead to action. A practical guide for making progress when you're not sure what to do next.

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Why Pondering Acres?

Ideas are more useful when they lead somewhere.
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Pondering Acres publishes practical guides for people who ask questions, look closer, and make something of what they discover. Some help solve problems. Some support a creative practice. Others simply offer a new way of seeing.

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What We Publish

Books

Practical guides filled with ideas, questions, and activities that encourage curiosity, creative thinking, and action.

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​Visual Guides

Posters and other visual tools that make useful ideas easier to understand, remember, and put into practice.

 

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Designed to earn a little wear.

Stay Curious.
Something meaningful may come of it.
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