Common Sense Media Review
By Carrie Kingsley
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fun activities, info, and skills for all genders and ages.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 9+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Read
What's the Story?
In THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS, readers can choose from an endless array of topics: clubhouses and forts, how to negotiate a salary, pressing flowers, making a lemon-powered clock, queens of the ancient world, first aid, life-changing books, karate, and much more. Not being organized in order of topic or skill level means that by turning the page, the reader can jump from learning how to care for a softball glove to the rules for playing Hearts and Gin, or from silly pranks to the Bill of Rights.
Is It Any Good?
This entertaining book is packed with information and projects for kids to try -- and not just girls. With plenty of illustrations to guide them, more advanced readers can do most of these projects on their own; younger readers might need some adult help working out how to build a peg board game or getting the vinegar-to-baking-soda ratio right for a volcano. Like The Double Dangerous Book for Boys, The Daring Book for Girls offers something for everyone's areas of interest while leaning heavily on bits of nostalgia (roller skating, campfire songs, handclap games, and lemonade stands) that are still a part of childhood.
The list of daring things to try is pretty tame ("dye your hair purple") but the reasoning behind that tameness will resonate ("sometimes the scariest thing is just being a little bit different.").
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what, if anything, in The Daring Book for Girls is only for girls. Why do you think the book is titled this way?
Are there any activities in this book that you are scared to try? Why or why not?
What other books of daring things have you read?
Book Details
- Authors :
- Genre : Learning
- Topics : Cooking , STEM , Adventures , Friendship , History
- Book type : Non-Fiction
- Publisher : William Morrow
- Publication date : March 27, 2012
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 9 - 12
- Number of pages : 288
- Available on : Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, Apple Books, Kindle
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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