Recommended book for learning Illy?

I'm going to attempt to impart the joys of Illustrator to someone.
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Classroom in a book?  Something else?

I could tell some things about the most famous (or most sold) Illustrator "schoolbooks" on the US American and European market (don't know the Asian or Australian market, or other markets).
But as the authors might be aggrieved about it, I'd only do one non-committal suggestion: Don't use those schoolbooks. Instead, dive into the programme and play and experiment like a girl with her toy blocks.
Almost always better than reading the schoolbooks. Some people, however, do need the schoolbooks. I do know and respect it.

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