Books and Vitamins
I can remember being a kid and my parents would try to get me to eat my carrots by telling me they were power pellets. This was in the 80s, and power pellets were the little circular wafers that Pac-Man needed to defeat the ghosts. I have to admit that their cunning plan worked pretty well since I always ate my carrots then, and still do now. Adults are good at this. They ignite your imagination and sense of fun and adventure while secretly sneaking it bits of their own agenda. In this case, their agenda was only getting me to consume a little vitamin A so I guess I can’t really complain. Children’s books can sometimes so the same thing, but their agenda can be quite different. Here are some of my favorite books that ignited my sense of fun and adventure as a kid, but now looking back, [...]
