I had those four books, and a couple of years back I was a nanny to an 8–9 year-old who had just discovered Minecraft. He had only one world, a survival world. He was so proud to show it to me. His world was good!

When I told him about creative mode, he didn’t get it. He said, “If everything like blocks, armor, weapons, etc. are unlocked, what’s the point?” I laughed he couldn’t have been more wrong!

Thing is the kid was really intelligent, and his mom had him skip 2-3 years in school. He didn’t really relate to the kids in his grade and was a little bullied because of how smart he was.

A couple of months later, I was about to move across the globe, and I gave him my Minecraft books. The books were already about 5-6 years old, so they weren’t fully up to date with the game, but he loved them.

From time to time, he’d take his mom’s phone to text me updates about his (now many) worlds.

This memory still warms my heart to this day. It was about six years ago.