Minecraft Mini-Encyclopedia, A

by Cori Dusmann

Although Minecraft provides something for everyone, what it does not come with are directions, rules, or explanations telling you what the different items and blocks in the game are and what to do with them. The amount of information in the game can be overwhelming, and it can be difficult to know where to begin. The good news is, you don’t need to know everything to start playing. Only the basics. So this mini-encyclopedia looks at some of the basic facets of the game, from common blocks and crafting recipes to enchantments and potions and transportation.

89 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 28, 2014

About the author

Admittedly and unabashedly adapted from my book jacket:

"Cori Dusmann is an educator, writer, and homeschooling gamer parent who lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with her 14-year-old son.

With a B.A. in child and youth care, Cori has spent over 20 years working with children and youth ages 2 through 17 in a variety of settings from daycare to classrooms to a residential psychiatric hospital.

Working predominantly with children with challenging behaviors, she has found gaming to be a source of common ground.

Cori is also a writer and reviewer and regularly reviews for Quill and Quire, the Canadian publishing industry’s monthly magazine, and her reviews have been printed in the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, and The National Post."

And on to the real, important stuff... I am a life long learner, of all things awesome. I'm constantly evolving, and loving the journey. My son is my life, in all the healthy ways, we game together, travel together and take plenty of breaks from each other too. He is the reason I started playing Minecraft (though I was a gamer long before he came along), and he inspires me with his grounded life views and his pie in the sky dreams.

And, besides all the resume-y stuff, I'm honoured to have been asked to be staff on the Minecraft server my son introduced me to and that we both play on. Rawcritics.com has become my a vast part of my life, many of the players there incredibly close friends. Its not for younger players, but for those mature 12 and up types, looking for a safe, family friendly place to play, come on by and say hi. In game, I'm known as whimseysgirl, whimsey, whims.

If you have Minecraft or parenting questions, please find me at https://www.facebook.com/CDusmann, and I'll help if I can!