King Arthur Movie Tristan

title: The Dangerous Book for Boys


author: by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

pages: 270

genre: childrens activities

published: 2007




rated: 5 out of 5

The best selling book for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is.





In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun---building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world's best paper airplanes.



The completely revised American Edition includes:


The Greatest Paper Aiplane in the World

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know

Stickball

Slingshots

Fossils

Building a Treehouse

Making a Bow and Arrow

Fishing (revised with US Fish)

Timers and Tripwires

Baseball's "Most Valuable Players"

Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg

Spies-Codes and Ciphers

Making a Go-Cart

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary

Girls

Cloud Formations

The States of the U.S.

Mountains of the U.S.

Navigation

The Declaration of Independence

Skimming Stones

Making a Periscope

The Ten Commandments

Common US Trees

Timeline of American History

My son has a copy of this book and he really likes it. It's got a little bit of everything in it. There's all kind of interesting sections in this book....like coin tricks, the origin of words, poems every boy should know, how to juggle, how to play chess, famous battles, baseballs most valuable players, Shakespeare, and how to build a treehouse just to name a few. There's a chapter that teaches you how to play poker and section on First Aid.


There's also section about how to act around girls...lol.

'Be careful with humor. It is very common for boys to try to impress girls with a string of jokes, each one more desperate than the last. One joke, perhaps, and then a long silence while she talks about herself....'

It even ends with a list of 'Books every boy should read'...included on the list are the Harry Potter series, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the James Bonds books and Enders Game.



Let's not forget The Daring Book for Girls as well.