This book was published in 1992, the same year that I scooped it up as a freebie at an end-of-school year book give away. I was late to the give away because I was off playing somewhere, so all of the popular books (Babysitter's Club, etc.) were taken. I got stuck with the left-overs, which happened to be this book. It is a non-fiction encyclopedia-type book full of all kinds of trivia and just down-right interesting facts. I gobbled the book up and it sent me on many different paths and and directions.
That was 20 years ago, and I have gone through thousands and thousands of books since then, some have stayed on the shelf and traveled here and there with me, others have been traded off for newer or better models, but there has never in my mind been a question of getting rid of this book. It has a proud place of honor at the top of my shelf, with it's brittle yellow pages and musty smell. I show it off to anyone and everyone who takes an interest in my book shelves. So this post is my homage to my very first, very favorite book,
Kid Stuff: People, Places and Things to Know.
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