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| The Dangerous Book for Boys | 
 enlarge | Authors: Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  634 reviews
Sales Rank: 110
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 270
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061243582
Dewey Decimal Number: 031.02
EAN: 9780061243585
ASIN: 0061243582
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Can I stress "LAME" enough?? November 20, 2007
18 out of 49 found this review helpful
I thought this was going to be a cool book. I kept turning the pages, looking... and looking... and never finding anything cool in it. As lame as Cub Scouts was sometimes, think (1930 Cub Scout handbook + 1960's science book for 2rd graders) - (the really cool stuff)= $$Dangerous Book for Boys. As lame is it might be, get a Scout Handbook instead--it's $4 cheaper, has 472 pages instead of 288, and has loads more cool stuff. Or buy both and see for yourself.
 I am not too old for this book May 19, 2007
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my nephew's upcoming birthday. Now I want a copy for myself. It is great. I now have some new designs for paper airplanes and other neat stuff.
It really out-does that Boy Scout Manual that I had ---- years ago.
Get one for you own boy (8 to 80 as it says on the cover).
It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy (And Complete) Childhood May 30, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I wasn't one of those "outdoorsy" kids growing up. The fact of the matter was I was a bookish loner nerd (not that there's anything WRONG with that!), yet still I yearned for more. Yes, I knew how to make a paper football and play desk football with it, but honestly didn't know how to build a treehouse. Now that I'm growing more "in touch" with my inner child, along comes this book, which is a fine, fun reference for the child, the child-in-all-of-us, or simply the curious.
There's a lot in this book, fortunately divvied up into right-size chunklets, that appeals to the generally curious and latent experimenter. Just when I thought no one cared about how to make simple circuits and electromagnets (I still miss my 1001 electronic experiments kit), here I find instructions on how to make 'em from scratch. I thought building a hairspray-fueled potato cannon was the ultimate neighborhood war project (thankfully not in here - I had to learn it from the lad-mag Maxim), and here I see details on constructing a full-blown catapult! And the articles! Anything you might have wanted to know about the universe, English grammar, paper marbelling, or even girls (this makes a catapult look easy!) are all here for your perusing pleasure.
Hearing about this on NPR was just as much fun as finding a box of green army men. I don't have kids, and I'm 40, and I say this is an important addition to any library. Even girls (and women) will get a charge out of it. I know I shouldn't let "them" into our boy's clubhouse, but really, isn't the whole point of being a "dangerous boy" about sharing "forbidden" (and still quiet useful) knowledge?
for dangerous girls too! June 4, 2007
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
being the kind of girl that thinks girls can do anything boys can do, i had to get this book. who can resist a book that says "DANGEROUS" in the title?? when i showed it to my boyfriend, he couldn't put it down and immediately tried the paper airplanes. i wanted to try building a treehouse. the section on girls made us laugh. we haven't finished reading it yet but after skimming most of it, he decided to take it to school, where he's a 5th grade teacher. there are some things in the book that kids shouldn't attempt on their own but in general, these are great things that might tempt them away from the computer, video games, and television. it's almost summer break, go out and have some fun!
 Why Not Girls? June 17, 2007
17 out of 79 found this review helpful
When I flipped through this book at a brick-and-mortar bookstore lately, I was reminded of interests and activities from my childhood. The only problem is, I'm female.
I was interested in science, learning how to do things like use a magnifying glass to burn things (many melted Barbies were the result), and tying knots - something I learned as part of gaining a badge when I was a Brownie. Given this, as I stood in the bookstore I became increasingly depressed that this book was marketed and titled as solely one for boys. Why can't girls be interested in rough-and-tumble activities, as well? Although perhaps if this publisher put out a similar one for girls that reflected their ideas toward gender roles and behavior in children as this one does, it would merely teach things most girls learn in home ec and magazines, anyway - how to work needlepoint, cook, clean, and dress pretty. Apparently, the kind of "boyish," exploratory behavior described in this book, which is--let's face it--tantamount to misbehavior, is expected from boys only.
I wanted to like this book because it has all sorts of interesting (and yes, sometimes trouble-inducing) information for children, but its name, plus the fact that I'm learning that it teaches things such as how to kill, skin, and cook a rabbit (teaching children to harm small things is no way to raise them); along with claims from another reviewer that Christian indoctrination is a hidden goal of the book (I'm not claiming to know for sure whether this is true), are very upsetting.
Not a bad idea for a book, but can't they take out all the stuff about killing animals and being saved by Jesus, and re-market it as the dangerous book for the mischievous of both genders, and all ages?
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