Mere Comments has up a wonderful story and tribute to the Grolier’s Book of Knowledge set. Not the New Book of Knowledge — the old set, before the arbiters of new decided that everything new was better than everything old. I should start haunting flea markets and such for an old set for Zane so he can come to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s in the summer, escape new, and spend his days making crossbows and fashioning little bits of furniture with mortises and tenons, discovering electric currents, and all those things boys love to do. Or would discover they love to do, if we could pry the video games out of their hands.
UPDATE: Finding the Book of Knowledge on Internet Archive … links coming.
Yes! I want my grandchildren to know that when they come to my house, tv and video games are “not on the menu.”
Thanks for your post!