The Double Daring Book for Girls

The Double Daring Book for Girls

Author: Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz

ISBN: 006174879X

Publisher: William Morrow, 2009

Age: 9-12

Genre: Non-fiction

Summary: This book is an intentionally old-fashioned, politically incorrect eclectic collection of girl appeal facts and activities.  It includes dozens of short, randomly placed, chapters that cover a large range of topics. Simple instructions for card games and making a lava lamp alternate with excerpts from history including famous women, astronomy facts, and information about the ancient world.  The daring aspect is more apparent in such chapters as How to Run Away and Join the Circus, and How to Make a Rope Ladder.

Read A-likes: The Dangerous Book for Boys; The Daring Book for Girls; The Girls Book of Glamour; and How to Be the Best at Everything.

Personal Thoughts: These books are fabulous!  I’ve enjoyed every one of them that I have come across, and what’s more my nieces have enjoyed them as well.  These are fun to give young girls because they give them ideas of things to do with their free time that are fun and interesting, but at the same time mostly useful.