Your kid can spot a deepfake in four seconds.
So why can’t they spot a bad argument?
There are 24 tricks behind almost every terrible decision in history - and your kid is hit with all of them, every day, by people who get paid when it works. These are the 24 illustrated workbooks that teach them to catch every single one. One funny comic and one real history disaster at a time.
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This isn’t about winning arguments.
It’s about seeing through the bad ones.
Your kid doesn’t need to become a debate champion. They just need to stop falling for the same tricks that work on almost everyone else.
Ads that play on feelings instead of facts. Group chats that pressure them to go along. Relatives who twist every conversation. Influencers who make something sound true just because lots of people agree.
This isn’t theory. It shows up at the dinner table. In the comments. And in the arguments that leave you thinking: how did my smart kid just get talked into that?
And it doesn’t stop at eighteen. The kid who never learns to spot the trick becomes the adult who signs the dodgy contract, believes the confident stranger, and shares the thing that isn’t true. The habit is easiest to build now - while the stakes are still a group chat and not a bank account.
And it isn’t the careless kids who get caught. It’s the certain ones. Almost every disaster in these 24 packs was carried out by ordinary, decent people who were completely sure they were right.
Think Horrible Histories - real events, genuinely funny, nothing softened. Each pack pairs one thinking trap with the real disaster it helped cause. That’s why the lesson sticks.
You’ve probably already tried the obvious things.
And you already know how they went.
- Telling them. Congratulations - you are now the opposing side in the argument.
- Documentaries. Watched for eleven minutes. The phone came out at minute twelve.
- “Critical thinking” resources. Written by committee, designed to be handed out. The moment it feels like a chore, it is dead on arrival.
- Hoping they work it out. Which is a strategy the way not looking at the fuel gauge is a strategy.
The problem was never the message. Nothing that feels like a chore survives contact with a ten-year-old - let alone a fifteen-year-old. It has to be funny first, or it never gets read at all.
The difference is not more knowledge.
It’s what they can do with it.
Before
- • Believes something because “everyone is saying it”
- • Gets pulled into emotional arguments and loses the point
- • Treats a confident voice as proof
- • Can’t explain why something feels off
- • Falls for the same tricks in ads and online
After
- ✓ Notices when an argument is trying to pressure them
- ✓ Can name the trick and step out of it
- ✓ Asks better questions instead of just reacting
- ✓ Spots weak arguments at the dinner table and online
- ✓ Feels more confident thinking for themselves
That change does not come from one talk. It comes when they see the same pattern again and again - in a comic, in a real history disaster, and then in their own world.
24 workbooks. One clear goal: make bad arguments obvious.
Each pack takes one common thinking trap. It shows it through a funny comic, a true history disaster, and activities that make them use what they just learned.
- 24 original illustrated comics
- 24 true stories from history
- 24 sets of activities with answers
- Professionally printed hard copies
- Full digital collection included - instant access
- Large-format workbooks ready to use
One complete comic from the set.
This is exactly the style and level your kid gets - clear, funny, and hard to forget.
That’s False Equivalence. Duchess compares being at the vet to being in lockup. Not the same thing. But try telling Duchess that.
They don’t just learn the name of the trick.
They learn to catch it in real life.
This is the part nothing else does. Each pack moves them from “I know this one” to “I can spot it when it is happening to me” - through the same four steps, twenty-four times over. That repetition is the mechanism, and it is the only kind of critical thinking that actually helps.
1. See it in a comic
Duchess and Bruno make the bad argument obvious and funny. Kids remember the pattern because they laughed at it.
2. Watch it wreck history
Then they see the same pattern cause real disasters - witch trials, propaganda, terrible decisions. Suddenly it matters.
3. Practise catching it
Activities make them find the same trick in everyday examples and real arguments. No passive reading.
4. Use it without thinking
After enough practice, the pattern becomes automatic. They start noticing it in ads, group chats, and family talks.
Written by a University Medal-winning history teacher who spent eight years in high school classrooms. Drawn by hand. No AI. A brand that teaches kids to spot dodgy reasoning does not get to be sloppy with the facts.
Everything you get in one box.
Buy the fallacies one at a time and you’d pay almost twice as much - before shipping, and without the digital copies. Here’s the whole thing, together.
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24 professionally printed workbooks
One fallacy per pack - comic, true history disaster, activities & answers ALL 24 -
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Why so much less than buying them one at a time? Because you’re buying all 24 in a single print run and one shipment. That saves us on printing and postage, and we pass it straight to you. Same books. One box. Roughly half the price.
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All 24 fallacies in one bundle.
One fallacy per pack: one comic, one true history disaster, activities, and answers.
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Slippery Slope
2
Sunk Cost Fallacy
3
Straw Man Argument
4
Circular Reasoning
5
Moving the Goalpost
6
Ad Hominem Attack
7
False Cause
8
Appeal to Authority
9
Bandwagon Effect
10
Red Herring
11
Hasty Generalisation
12
Appeal to Tradition
13
Gambler's Fallacy
14
Anecdotal Fallacy
15
Appeal to Force
16
Loaded Question
17
No True Scotsman
18
False Dilemma
19
Genetic Fallacy
20
False Equivalence
21
Appeal to Emotion
22
Appeal to Ignorance
23
You Too Fallacy
24
Confirmation Bias
Built for the kid or teen who is starting to question everything.
Age 10 right through the teenage years - when the phone arrives, the group chats start, and the arguments get louder. Parents, teachers and homeschoolers use these packs to turn 24 history disasters into thinking skills that actually stick.
Real results from real families.
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"My kids absolutely adore the characters and story! It reminds us of Horrible Histories."
Sandra - verified purchase
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"This activity pack is way more fun than I expected! My kids love it and now they're asking for more."
Kylie - primary school teacher, verified purchase
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"These critical thinking resources blew me away... the real-life examples and comic strip analysis help to reinforce each concept. Highly recommended for teachers, homeschoolers and parents."
Nicole M. - verified purchase
The most common feedback we hear is simple: the kids ask for the next one. That is the signal that it is working.
Written by a history teacher.
Drawn by humans.
Duchess & Bruno is a mother-and-son team. A University Medal-winning history teacher who spent eight years in high school classrooms (and more years training other teachers), and the son who makes the comics funny. Every fact is checked against the original history. Every picture is drawn by hand. No AI writes or draws any of it - a brand that teaches kids to spot weak reasoning does not get to cut corners on the truth.
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If they don’t ask for the next one, email us within 30 days, post the printed set back, and we’ll refund you in full. Only the printed books need to come back. No restocking fees. No store credit. No questions asked. The promise covers printed orders - digital files can’t be posted back, which is exactly why we give a complete pack away free.
You risk one trip to the post office. We risk the entire sale. If it doesn’t hook them, you shouldn’t pay for it - so the only way you lose here is by never trying it.
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Every bundle comes with the full digital collection of all 24 packs - instant access so you can print at home the moment you order, while your professionally printed box ships to your door. Same comics, same history, same activities. Prefer digital only? That option saves you the same 45% - all 24 packs, nothing to ship and nothing to wait for.
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Do you offer a refund?
Yes - the First Pack Promise. Read the first pack with your kid. If they don’t ask for the next one, email us within 30 days, return the printed set, and we’ll refund you in full. Only the printed books need to come back. Digital-only orders aren’t covered - grab the free pack first instead. Full refund policy →
Can I start smaller than the full bundle?
Absolutely. Grab the free Bandwagon Effect pack to see what you’re getting, or the Starter Set - any 6 packs, six for the price of five. Most families end up coming back for the rest.
The complete bundle
They’ll learn these 24 tricks one way or the other.
Laughing now, or the expensive way later.
Every comic, every history disaster, every activity - hand-drawn pictures, professionally printed and shipped to your door. Your kid can learn the whole set over a few weekends, while the stakes are still a group chat and not a bank account.
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