The Daring Book for Girls

Blame iPods, Mobile phones, Facebook, highly selective high schools and universities, 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'. Authors Andrea J Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz were inspired by the national best-selling sensation,' the Dangerous Book for Boys', and created 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 of appeal to every girl, whether she's a tomboy, a girly-girl, a little bit of both, or uniquely herself.

Whether a girls wants to learn how to make a friendship bracelet, tie a sari, or build a campfire; bush 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: