Who can deny these books are the epitome of what boys own adventure stories should be, but as a commuter I see as many women reading them on the tube as men.

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If you could go back to the Dixon, Illinois, of 1922, you'd find a boy of 11, reading adventure stories at the public library or running with his brother, Neil, along Rock River, and coming home to a little house on Hennepin Avenue.

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Perhaps these adventure survival stories are needed more now, in this lagging economy.

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If I were a designer of any repute or had a spec of design skill, I would make an illustration that depicted a brand sitting in a chair in a bedroom reading a story to a consumer, who lied anxiously under the covers waiting to be regaled about stories of adventure, escapades and perhaps a coupon or two.

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The series my sons favored were milder, more immersive, with stories that reflected child-size dramas: tantrums, sharing, and fantasies of adventure in the larger world.

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The building is three stories, both in height and the themes of its rooms (kingdom, pirate or adventure), which are executed to the hilt.

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