buy! The Daring Book For Girls
Blame iPods, cell phones, MySpace.com, highly selective colleges, and society in general, for starters. Whatever the culprits, girlhood today has become high-pressured and competitive. Twenty-first century girls are inducted into grownup-hood sooner, routinely missing out on childhood pleasures in the rush to become tweens, teens, and women before their time. Why can’t girls just be girls? Why shouldn’t girls be allowed to play hard and get their hands dirty? Why shouldn’t girls be encouraged to believe that they can do everything boys can do and much more, with skill, confidence, and style?
Girls absolutely can and should!
That’s the empowering message of a sweeping how-to, can-do manual, THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS (Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers; October 30, 2007; $24.95). Moms who were girls back in the days before email, writers Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz got inspired by the national bestselling sensation, The Dangerous Book for Boys, to create a collection of interesting stuff to know and do especially for girls. Then, they got busy drawing from the worldwide wealth of girl knowledge, plus the vastness of history, the breadth of sport, and far-flung fields from literature to the great outdoors. The result is a riveting reference, reliable manual, and unbeatable boredom-antidote with lots to appeal to every girl, whether she’s a tomboy, a girly-girl, a little bit of both, or uniquely herself.
Whether a girl wants to learn how to make a friendship bracelet, tie a sari, or build a campfire; brush up on the rules for gin, bowling, softball, or darts; get the story on famous women inventors, scientists, or spies; or gain clues into the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS has it all. Here are a few additional highlights of what girls will find waiting inside:
• A checklist of essentials for braving any adventure, including patience
• Five powerhouse karate moves and the ultimate yoga routine: the sun salutation
• Cool tricks—with a basketball and with math calculations
• Three classic silly pranks and a primer for telling scary ghost stories
• Tips for mastering two twists on jumping rope: Chinese and Double Dutch
• Inspiration and guidelines for cultivating a secret garden
• Profiles of queens of the ancient world and today’s real-life princess
• How to paddle a canoe, perfect a cartwheel, and negotiate a salary
• Staples for every girl’s toolbox and blueprints for making a handlebar scooter
• Twenty books every girl should read, for pleasure and life-changing potential
“Consider THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS a book of possibilities and ideas for filling a day with adventure, imagination—and fun,” the coauthors shout out to all their readers. “The world is bigger than you can imagine, and it’s yours for the exploring—if you dare.”
About the Authors
ANDREA J. 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.
THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
By Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
October 30, 2007
Hardcover; 288 pages, full-color illustrations throughout
$24.95 / $33.95 Can.
978-0-06-147257-2
Collins, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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