@MLClark
I think this is excellent, thanks.
Want to emphasize the "parents" option.
I too was advised against a book by a school librarian.
I thought it looked cool, she thought it was "over my head".
My parents didn't know what it was but they immediately got me that book.
It was a book-shaped case of maps.
Takes a village to raise kids, sure. My parents had a certain information philosophy others don't; right or wrong it was their decision.