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November 1st 2007
by Collins
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Hardcover, 288 pages
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0061472573
(isbn13: 9780061472572)
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THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS is the manual for everything that girls need to know –– and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes
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Every girl between the ages of about 8 and 14 should have this on her shelf. What other book contains a bio on Amelia Earhart, instructions on how to make peach pit rings and cat's cradle, the periodic table, and slumber party games? The ultimate guide for the 21st century girl because of its balance between erudition and fun, and the book most likely to be handed down to her daughter.
A note re: some of the other comments: if you read the portions of the book some others refer to ...more
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Read in March, 2008
I don't really expect Rebecca to pick up this book and do the activities herself, but right now, I love reading it and teaching her some of the things I missed as a kid and some of my favorite things. I also thought the authors did a good job collecting a large variety of activities, showing what a girl can do, and not telling a girl what they should do.
Now my job is to make sure Rebecca has enough free time to try out the things she wishes to do and is not over-scheduled with ext...more
Now my job is to make sure Rebecca has enough free time to try out the things she wishes to do and is not over-scheduled with ext...more
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Read in December, 2007
At first I thought I would love this book, since we love The Dangerous Book for boys. However, after looking at it further and seeing the sections on: Conjuring up the spirit of Bloody Mary, Palm reading, Levitation, and Summoning spirits... It will not be a book I will let me girls have and keep in my home. I don't know why they had to include this garbage.
I did like the idea of the book, and found something similar on the Bargain shelf at Barnes and Noble a couple weeks ago, th...more
I did like the idea of the book, and found something similar on the Bargain shelf at Barnes and Noble a couple weeks ago, th...more
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Read in December, 2007
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Grades 4-5, Adults
Well this book has some very cool biographies about important women who have helped shape history, sandwiched between articles on the "History of Palm Reading" and "How to Frost a Cake." This eclectic mix won't appeal to most girls and might offend some. The text is written above the target audience level, making it appropriate for only confident readers in grades 4 & 5.
The text heavy articles wouldn't appeal to many of the students at my middle school, and I can...more
The text heavy articles wouldn't appeal to many of the students at my middle school, and I can...more
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This book is more for parents who wish to take a trip down memory lane, back to the fun times in their childhood. But give it to a girl older than eight, it's going to be a huge disappointment. Not to mention slightly insulting.
Tag? Four Square? Double Dutch? Putting my hair up with a pencil? Snowballs? Really? That's daring? All these things have been done and is old news by the age of eight, at the most. The book sticks to much to the stereotypes for girls and talks down slightly t...more
Tag? Four Square? Double Dutch? Putting my hair up with a pencil? Snowballs? Really? That's daring? All these things have been done and is old news by the age of eight, at the most. The book sticks to much to the stereotypes for girls and talks down slightly t...more
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all females
As soon as I had a peek into this book I knew I had to own it. It's full of cool things that all girls should know, like how to put your hair up with a pencil; how to tie a sari; how to press flowers, whistle with two fingers, make a cloth-covered book, make a willow whistle and even stuff that isn't considered so girly like how to build a good campfire and make paper airplanes; clubhouses and forts, public speaking - this book has everything! It even has a section on boys and several on famous ...more
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Read in December, 2007
DID YOU KNOW...?
Before Julia Childs was a chef, she was a spy?
Before Julia Childs was a chef, she was a spy?
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It's a shame that the "For Boys" author decided to arbitrarily divvy up childhood fun by gender. I considered these as Christmas presents for a niece and a nephew, but perusing them in the store, I could not justify telling a girl that her job is to make friendship bracelets while her brother makes the model rockets. All the activities in both books looked fun, but one's quantity of X chromosomes really shouldn't factor into whether one enjoys skipping stones or not.
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Read in January, 2008
This book receives the four star rating because, despite the authors' most detailed instructions, combined with my best efforts, I still cannot whistle with two fingers.
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Read in January, 2007
While the Dangerous Book for Boys truly was dangerous--it goes against the grain of popular wisdom on how boys should be--and indeed for boys--audaciously confirming that masculinity is okay for boys--the "daring" counterpart for girls is neither daring nor quintessentially feminine in the sense parallel to the zesty masculinity of the original. Instead, it tries too hard to be a girl's version of the original, seeming to go out of its way to show that girls can be both boys and girls ...more
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Read in November, 2007
From the first paragraph of the introduction, I was sucked in.
Being almost 30 and a mother of two, my childhood seems so far away, and yet still so close. As I turned the pages of this book, I found myself reliving the girlhood I had left behind. I was taken back to the days of exploring, playing Chinese jump rope, making friendship bracelets, and of course, slumber parties.
I could picture myself back in the fifth grade out on the foursquare court playing with my fr...more
Being almost 30 and a mother of two, my childhood seems so far away, and yet still so close. As I turned the pages of this book, I found myself reliving the girlhood I had left behind. I was taken back to the days of exploring, playing Chinese jump rope, making friendship bracelets, and of course, slumber parties.
I could picture myself back in the fifth grade out on the foursquare court playing with my fr...more
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Read in June, 2008
The Daring Book for Girls is a guide to fun and adventure for pre-teen through early teen girls. Often this book sent me on a trip down memory lane to my own childhood. All the versions of tag, slumber party games, sleep outs in the backyard and roller skating, amongst many other things, reminded me of all the fun things I did as a young girl.
When I first started reading I was marking all the things I liked with sticky notes. It did not take me long to realize that I was going to burn thro...more
When I first started reading I was marking all the things I liked with sticky notes. It did not take me long to realize that I was going to burn thro...more
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Read in January, 2009
I've enjoyed this book very much. Because the individual topics are so varied, it's easy to skip around to sections that interest you. It's funny reading the other reviews; people hate it because it teaches girls to be "like boys" or, conversely, that it doesn't teach them to be strong enough feminists. To me that indicates the balance at work here. I'd have preferred if they'd left out things about palm reading and summoning Bloody Mary, but that's only a small part of a very interes...more
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I bought this for my little girl, and while she's still a bit too young to really get anything from it, she likes that there's a book all about girl stuff. It honors the fun stuff about being girly without being condescending or sexist. It also includes plenty of history and info for strong, healthy, smart growing girls without being anti-boy. It's the kind of book you'll read for years with your daughter, and then she'll read it for years to herself.
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The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know—and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers—although that's included, of course!
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I love, love, love this book! My Mom got it for me for Xmas, and I couldn't put it down. It took me back to my childhood - before the video games, cell phones, blogging, Internet, etc. I'm hopeful to share it with my daughter as she grows up! A must read for anyone with girls. In fact, I'm getting the Boy book for my hubby, as he couldn't put down this one for Girls!
Read in September, 2008
It's a sort of schizophrentic kind of book that darts from one random subject to the next...how to go from talking about bird watching to building the ultimate scooter to how to tie a sari?! Its basically a book to read if you're running summer camp for girls and I felt slightly awkward reading it on le bus to work each day...
It makes you feel ancient, but hey, I always wanted to know how to tie different knots, play hopscotch and jacks, run the best lemonade stand in the world, AND ...more
It makes you feel ancient, but hey, I always wanted to know how to tie different knots, play hopscotch and jacks, run the best lemonade stand in the world, AND ...more
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Read in April, 2009
This book is based on what Megan says about it. She really likes it. She brought it with her to her last Scout slumber party because there is a section on slumber party games. The girls were reading it during the party and having fun. Megan said it was the perfect book to bring along.
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Read in December, 2008
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my sisterrecommends it for: girls
Wow. This is very cool!
Pretty much, this is the guide every girl needs to have. it tells you about signal, friendship bracelets, and what not. it's not a hardcore book but its really good. but dont try and read it all in one sitting. read different parts at different times.
Pretty much, this is the guide every girl needs to have. it tells you about signal, friendship bracelets, and what not. it's not a hardcore book but its really good. but dont try and read it all in one sitting. read different parts at different times.
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