{"id":1928,"date":"2020-11-14T15:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T20:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/practicalbits.com\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2020-11-19T21:58:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T02:58:34","slug":"the-tuttle-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/?p=1928","title":{"rendered":"The Tuttle Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve just spent the afternoon reading the Tuttle Twins series by Connor Boyack.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, they’re not long – maybe the length of a Cam Jansen story.<\/p>\n

“But what are they?”<\/p>\n

They are nothing more than a kid-friendly introduction to basic libertarian principles. Most volumes are tied to a cornerstone book of foundational libertarian principles – for example, “The Search for Atlas” goes with Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged<\/em>, or “The Creature from Jekyll Island” is tied to (surprise) Griffith’s The Creature From Jekyll Island<\/em>. A couple cover more general principles, like The Golden Rule or entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

At the back of each volume are vocabulary, discussion questions,<\/p>\n

How To Use These Books<\/p>\n

Target reading audience: Appropriate for 9-10 year olds who are strong readers.<\/p>\n

Others: Younger children will enjoy this as a read aloud. This would work as a super simple introduction for older students, and then they can bridge to more age-appropriate works or even the original source materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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