I still have quite a few of those smaller books printed on the graph paper. I had a lot more fun building circuits compared to seeing kids today stuck on mobile phone.
It's just so sad. I like gadgets as much as anyone and consider myself a technology enthusiast, but there's got to be a way to engage kids on smartphones other than games. One of my on-again-off-again side projects has been to create an Android app that allows kids to create their own simple programs and games for their smartphones without needing a computer.