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'The Cartoon Guide to Statistics', Gonick might be useful. A number of smart people [1][2] recommend it.

There are some interactive books/courses/sites that are nice. They don't necessarily use 'layman terms' like that 100 year old calculus book:

"The Drunkard's Walk" and "Fooled by Randomness". TDW, in particular, kind of "tricks" you into learning statistics, in order to read the book.

Principles of Statistics, by Bulmer. Dover.