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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

those were like crack to me when i was a kid, they were in my school library and i remember reading every time we got longer break, those and the shiny ones too with those textured covers and embeded plastic gems ahh

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The "-ology" books? My parents kept my set of those in a box for however many years - at least 15 - and they've been passed on to my niece and nephew.

I am not going to lie, they still capture my attention the same way now. And I still remember the answers to all the riddles in Dragonology.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

those are simply little masterpieces, capturing young minds with "ooo shiny secrets" and then also giving knowledge