• @shneancy@lemmy.world
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    187 days ago

    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

    • @caurvo@aussie.zone
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      87 days ago

      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.

      • @shneancy@lemmy.world
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        47 days ago

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