Overview
A portable, pocket-sized take on the bestselling phenomenon,The Daring Book for Girls, this book is filled with many favorite activities from the original, plus some exciting new games, crafts, and projects. Whether following tips for riding a skateboard, learning how to run faster, or making a skirt out of a pillowcase, the most daring of girls will be occupied all season long. The Pocket Daring Book for Girls: Things to Do also includes the long-awaited chapter, Make Your Own Zip Line, along with classic instructions for activities like Fourteen Games of Tag, Marco Polo, How to Be a Spy, Washing the Car and Building a Campfire. It would be remiss not to mention that the book teaches girls a skill not found in the original DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS, namely, how to make a fifteen-foot backyard geyser from a concoction of Mentos and Diet Coke, and that the book holds the definitive answer to the age-old question, Can you really fry an egg on the sidewalk Join girls everywhere who are pursuing these delightful activities and living out the Daring Girls credo: Enjoy yourself. Learn new things. Lead an Interesting Life.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrea Buchanan ,
Miriam Peskowitz ,
Alexis Seabrook
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 18.50cm
Weight: 0.402kg
ISBN: 9780061673078
ISBN 10: 0061673072
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 06 May 2008
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Young adult
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Children's (6-12)
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Author Information
Andrea Buchanan is the mother of a daughter and a son, both of whom are equally daring. Before she was a writer, she was a pianist who once performed a solo concert at Carnegie Hall''s Weill Recital Hall. This is her fifth book.Miriam Peskowitz is the mother of two girls, including an eight-year-old who climbs trees and leads spy missions in the backyard. She has been a camp counselor, an historian, a blogger, a musician, a professor, and is the author of several books, including The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars. MIRIAM PESKOWITZ is the mother of two girls, including an eight-year-old who climbs trees and leads spy missions in the backyard. Also a co-founder of MotherTalk, she is a historian and the author of The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars, writes the blog EverydayMom and appears regularly on television and in print discussing parenting and women's issues.
