DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS Hc - 2012
by IGGULDEN,GONN
- New
- Hardcover
Description
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Details
- Title DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
- Author IGGULDEN,GONN
- Binding hc
- Edition unknown
- Condition New
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York
- Date 2012-04-24
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9780062208972
- ISBN 9780062208972 / 0062208977
- Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 9.8 x 7.8 x 1 in (24.89 x 19.81 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects Boys, Recreation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006047000
- Dewey Decimal Code 031.02
From the rear cover
The bestselling book for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses*, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is.
In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun--building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world's best paper airplanes.
The completely revised American Edition includes:
The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse*
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
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
The States of the U.S.
Mountains of the U.S.
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Common US Trees
Timeline of American History
