        He’d narrowed down his book selection nicely.  He had decided on a basic book on counting which prominently featured Elmo, a somewhat more scholarly book on the alphabet that featured cartoony animals, a basic reading primer covering the exploits of Dick and Jane, the visual dictionary, and a book of geometry.  He also had managed to find a beautifully-illustrated book of astronomy, which covered both the solar system and the rest of the universe very well, and a book on anatomy which would hopefully answer all their questions about the human body without his becoming an unwilling test subject.  He also tossed in a calender, so that they might have a more convenient way to mark days until the next meeting.