http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2007/05/08/the-dangerous-book-for-boys-and-girls en-us 40 <p><a href=http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/0061243582/ref=s9_asin_title_1-2288_p/102-5072979-5836900?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#38;pf_rd_s=center-1&#38;pf_rd_r=01WMQQ96798SW24B6KGC&#38;pf_rd_t=101&#38;pf_rd_p=278240701&#38;pf_rd_i=507846><img src="http://blog.famundo.com/files/dbb.jpg" ></a></p> <p>This book is very cool. It is unforunate though that the title seems so exclusionary, since my daughter thoroughly loves it, as I&#8217;m sure a lot of girls will.</p> <p><a href=http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/0061243582/ref=s9_asin_title_1-2288_p/102-5072979-5836900?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#38;pf_rd_s=center-1&#38;pf_rd_r=01WMQQ96798SW24B6KGC&#38;pf_rd_t=101&#38;pf_rd_p=278240701&#38;pf_rd_i=507846>The Dangerous Book for Boys</a> by Conn and Hal Iggulden, reaches back to an era before Xbox and Gameboys, when kids would spend their summers building forts, shooting tin cans with slingshots and skimming stones on a clear lake.</p> <p>This book was a bestseller in the UK last year and this release has been revised for an American audience.</p> <p>Included in the American edition are topics such as</p> <ul> <li>The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World</li> <li>Stickball</li> <li>Slingshots</li> <li>Fossils</li> <li>Building a Treehouse</li> <li>Making a Bow and Arrow</li> <li>Spies-Codes and Ciphers</li> <li>Making a Go-Cart</li> <li>Navajo Code Talkers&#8217; Dictionary</li> <li>Cloud Formations</li> <li>Skimming Stones</li> <li>Making a Periscope</li> </ul> <p>It is a lot of fun for everyone in the family, even girls!</p> Tue, 08 May 2007 09:40:00 -0400 urn:uuid:c3fb567d-bcf7-4a84-8cb9-95cc8e39290b richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2007/05/08/the-dangerous-book-for-boys-and-girls Family Life children s books