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Junior Woodchucks Guidebook

The Junior Woodchucks Guidebook, or the Woodchuck book for short, is a fictional book in the Scrooge McDuck universe. The Woodchuck book helps Junior Woodchucks by containing literally all sorts of knowledge. Huey, Dewey and Louie frequently use their own copy to get themselves and their uncles Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck out of dangerous situations.

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The Woodchuck book is almost perceived as magical in its breadth; while being small enough to easily fit into a standard Junior Woodchuck's backpack, it almost never fails on providing the required information. In particular, it contains information on lost treasure, a complete survival guide, extensive historical and technical information and parlors for various more or less common languages (like a minimal lizard parlor). However, it does not contain information that a Junior Woodchuck is already supposed to know, such as the location of Cape of Good Hope. In short, it is a minimal encyclopedia (although the subset of articles is extraordinarily well-chosen), available only to Junior Woodchucks. (One could argue that the closest thing existing in real life would be an electronic encyclopedia, such as Wikipedia, with a search function; however, the Woodchuck book is definitely written on paper.)

Information is readily available by searching the extensive index; a key skill of a Junior Woodchuck is being able to retrieve information quickly from the Woodchuck book in case of a dangerous situation, such as a bear attack or an earthquake.

 

 

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2010 nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa
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1901 nobel prize winner Sully Prudhomme
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1938 nobel prize winner Pearl Buck
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2007 nobel prize winner Doris Lessing
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