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[pokerfan]

My older siblings had World Book. I convinced my parents to spring for Encyclopedia Britannica when I got older.

[MrCoffee]

1. I tore up the 1985 World Book

[Zuiderelle]

2. Britannica

[montanto]

3. Absolutely, when I was a kid

it was invaluable. These days, I'd just like an internet connection and a computer.

[mainegreen]

4. Encyclopedia Britannica

[Bake]

5. We had the World Book.

With the annual supplements.

I used to lie on the floor in front of the bookcase and just pick out a volume and start reading. I know; I was a weird kid. But I loved it.

Bake

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. No, they're really on the way out. They've gone beyond growing up, and become too old.

[Iggo]

7. '68 World Book.

My parents almost cried when they saw me reading it every emmereffin day.

[WinkyDink]

8. Britannica. From a door-to-door salesman, ca. 1961.

[FloridaJudy]

9. We had the Britannica

At a deep discount. My mom was a librarian. I expect it's still around her house somewhere; she never threw out a book in her life.

[trof]

10. 1928 World Book Encyclopedia. Complete set.

We were cleaning out a deceased cousin's house & belongings back in the 70s.
No one else wanted it, so I carted it home.
It is absolutely hilarious to read now.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. I had my mother's 1939 World Books. I also had the 1955 Chldcraft

books too.

[pokerfan]

21. You know what's fun

is to get an old highway map. I found a Shell map of Washington state on Ebay that was printed in 1938. I keep it in the glove box to spring it on people. One time we were driving to Seattle and my buddy wanted to look at a map. He studied it for the longest time before he finally blurted out, "Wait a minute, just how fucking old is this map?!" You see, I90 didn't exist in 1938.

[nuxvomica]

11. 1965 World Book along with the Childcraft library

I swear I must've read everything in both and tried out most of the projects in Childcraft.

[Iggo]

18. Oh, yeah...that's right!

Childcraft...wow, blast from the past!

The picture of that kid with the one white arm and the one red arm trying to figure out how that girl guessed which arm he was holding over his head? That picture is burned on my brain!

[nuxvomica]

26. I'll have to look that up next time I'm over to my mom's

I remember spending in hours with those books. Especially the "Make and Do" volume.

[kat_kringle]

12. kinda, had encarta from 1994, (cd-rom) n/t

[RetroLounge]

13. Not as a kid

But now I have a full set of 1955 Britannica, and a full set of 1953 World Book with yearbooks up theu the 70's.

Plus the Golden Book Illustrated and the 1947 Child Craft set.

RL

[Faygo Kid]

14. One of those sets you bought by single book each week at the grocery store.

Early '60s. Every week a new volume came out. I read them voraciously, and have been an obnoxious know-it-all ever since.

[Pool Hall Ace]

15. Brittanica. Amazingly, the books would easily open

to any pages with nude artwork. I think my older brothers had something to do with that.

[Zavulon]

17. None.

We had a library just down the road, and encyclopedias couldn't be checked out (meaning they were always available). My father was sort of a skinflint back then, but his argument did make sense.

[LeftyMom]

19. We had a 40 year old set my dad found someplace.

But the library was in walking distance, and they get a new set every year or two.

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Compton's

Went through two sets of 'em.



Dog, I loved those things.

[Orsino]

22. Britannica, 1974 edition. n/t

[mitchum]

23. World Book and Encyclopedia Britannica

[Crabby Appleton]

24. World Book, I won a set when about 10

Cappy Dick drawing contest.

[Critters2]

25. World Book. With Childcraft thrown into the bargain.

I loved the poetry Childcraft book.

[harmonicon]

27. I think we had the world book

I think we got new ones every few years for awhile, or we had at least two between the 70's and the 80's. It's easy to forget how great encyclopedias were/are now that the internet is ubiquitous. It was incredibly useful for school, but also just a blast for kids in other ways - a seemingly endless world of fantastic information.