The Tuttle Twins and the Miraculous Pencil (#2 – Connor Boyack)

The Tuttle Twins and the Miraculous Pencil

Do you know how the free market works?

Ethan and Emily Tuttle have grown up taking for granted many of the common things they use daily: clothes, cars, homes, backpacks – even something as simple as a pencil. In this fun adventure to an amazing factory, the twins learn why even the common pencil is almost a sort of miracle – one that nobody actually knows how to make.

They discover that the process by which even a pencil is made shows some of the keys to prosperity in our modern age.

Based on the classic essay, “I, Pencil”, by Leonard Read, your children will learn about the economic principles of spontaneous order, division of labor, competition, trade, and the free market.  Even the young can understand why these things bring the people of the world together in peaceful cooperation.

About the Author

Connor Boyack is president of Libertas Institute, a free market think tank. In that capacity, he has spearheaded a number of successful policy reforms in areas such as education reform, civil liberties, government transparency, business deregulation, personal freedom, and more.

Connor has published 22 books and sold over 1.5 million copies. He is best known for The Tuttle Twins books, a children’s series introducing young readers to economic, political, and civic principles.