The Dangerous Book For Boys...

The honest truth is that I was put off a little by the title of this book. But not for the same reasons as some of the other reviewers... I have four wild boys people. Why would I buy a book that says "dangerous" on the cover?

To my pleasant surprise this is not a "dangerous" book at all... it's ADVENTUROUS! And adventurous my boys are... so this book is perfect!

I've read a couple reviews on this book where they mentioned they don't like that it says "boys" because girls would like this book too... as a mother of all boys, I am glad it specifies boys. I think that is one of the reasons my boys as well as the neighbor boys liked the book. It makes them feel special... like "I need to know these things"


Some of the topics covered in the book are...

The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing
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
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Juggling
Sampling Shakespeare
Latin Phrases Every Boy Should Know

Seriously! That is just SOME of the chapters!! I have to highlight one chapter... GIRLS. The book has 8 pieces of advice for boys concerning girls... I have to share a few of them. For those of you with boys - you will appreciate these nuggets of advice:

• 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....

• Avoid being vulgar. Excitable bouts of windbreaking will not endear you to a girl, just to pick one example.
  

• If you see a girl in need of help - unable to lift something, for example - do not taunt her. Approach the object and greet her with a cheerful smile, while surreptitiously testing the weight of the object. If you find you can lift it, go ahead. If you can't, try sitting on it and engaging her in conversation.

I LOVE it!! A book FULL of activities and information... A MUST BUY!!!!

My boys with one of the neighbor boys reading 'The Dangerous Book for Boys'

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