When I was younger, people bought those things 
for me all the time...  I HATED them too.  I 
still have about 4 boxes of them..somewhere.  Im 
hoping they got stolen from the storage building..

There were also these historic books my mother's 
friends used to give to me all the time. Stories 
about historic people and events.  When you're 
little, those kinds of things are just horrid..