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Danny Dunn series
I was inspired to make a handwriting copying machine based on the "Homework Machine" book.
Great series!
Each would survey some broad topic, for example Ancient Egypt. It would be full of detailed drawings/illustrations and accompanying text snippets. "What did the inside of a pyramid look like?", "How did the Ancient Egyptians use chariots?", and so on.
Mum would always buy me a new one every other week. The topics were diverse & broad, and so never got boring.
A bonus was when a subject I had read in these books happened to come up at school :-)
I have an insatiable appetite for non-fiction - history, geography, politics, etc which I'm fairly certain can be traced back to a series of educational picture books I devoured as a child. Each would survey some broad topic, for example Ancient Egypt. It would be full of detailed drawings/illustrations and accompanying text snippets. "What did the inside of a pyramid look like?", "How did the Ancient Egyptians use c…
Self help books like "Do It!" (can't find the author) and "The Success Principles" by Jack Canfield. They're simplified to the point that they're basically children's books, but they also provide a wide range of tools to deal with the future, with career and failure, and choosing your destiny.