The daring book for girls
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New York : Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2012].
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Book
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viii, 279 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
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Description
The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course! Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl's invitation to adventure.
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East Haddam/Rathbun J Nonfiction
JUV 031.02 BUC
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East Lyme Public J Non-Fiction
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English
ISBN:
9780062208965, 0062208969
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-276).
Description
The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course! Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl's invitation to adventure.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Buchanan, A. J., Peskowitz, M., & Seabrook, A. (2012). The daring book for girls. Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Buchanan, Andrea J., Miriam Peskowitz and Alexis, Seabrook. 2012. The Daring Book for Girls. Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Buchanan, Andrea J., Miriam Peskowitz and Alexis, Seabrook, The Daring Book for Girls. Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Buchanan, Andrea J.,, et al. The Daring Book for Girls. Collins, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012.
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| Last Sierra Extract Time | Jun 23, 2025 07:28:23 PM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Jun 23, 2025 07:28:47 PM |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Essential gear -- Rules of the game: Basketball, netball softball, bowling, darts -- Palm reading -- The history of writing, and writing in cursive italics -- Fourteen games of tag -- Spanish terms of endearment, idioms, and other items of note -- Daring Spanish girls -- Pressing flowers -- Four square -- Princesses today -- How to whistle with two fingers -- Chinese jump rope -- Double Dutch jump rope -- How to tie a sari -- Hopscotch, tetherball, jump rope -- Queens of the ancient world: Wise Artemisia, Salome Alexandra of Judea, Cleopatra of Egypt, Boudica's rebellion against Rome, Zenobia, Queen of the East -- Knots and stitches -- Caring for your softball glove -- Playing cards: hearts and gin -- South Sea Islands -- Putting your hair up with a pencil -- Cartwheels and back walk-overs -- Weather -- Lemon-powered clock -- Snowballs -- Every girl's toolbox -- Going to Africa -- Bandana tying -- Five karate moves -- The daring girls guide to danger -- French terms of endearment, expressions, and other items of note -- Joan of Arc -- Making a willow whistle -- Periodic table of the elements -- Vinegar and baking soda -- Secret garden -- Friendship bracelets -- Slumber party games -- Making a cloth-covered book -- Pirates -- A short history of women inventors, scientists and Olympic firsts -- Sleep outs -- The sit-upon -- Lamp, lantern, flashlight -- Explorers. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Building a campfire -- Campfire songs -- Coolest paper airplane ever -- Abigail Adams' letters with John Adams -- Clubhouses and forts -- Daisy chains and ivy crowns -- God's eyes / Ojos de Dios -- Writing letters -- Reading tide charts -- Making a Seine net -- Women spies -- How to be a spy -- Climbing -- Lemonade stand -- How to paddle a canoe -- The ultimate scooter -- Bird watching -- Modern women leaders -- Math tricks -- Words to impress -- Tree swing -- Yoga: sun salutation -- Three silly pranks -- What is the Bill of Rights? -- The three sisters -- Peach pit rings -- First aid -- Roller skating -- Boys -- Robert's rules -- Watercolor painting on the go -- Making a peg board game -- Handclap games -- Finance: interest, stocks, and bonds -- Marco Polo and water polo -- How to negotiate a salary -- Public speaking -- Telling ghost stories -- How to change a tire -- Make your own quill pen -- Hiking -- Greek and Latin root words -- Paper flowers and capillary action -- Cootie catchers -- Jacks -- Picking who's it -- Japanese T-shirt folding -- States, statehood, capitals, flowers and trees--plus Canada! -- Make your own paper -- Books that will change your life -- Daring Book for Girls Badges. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Girls |v Life skills guides. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Girls |x Conduct of life. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010997 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Teenage girls |v Life skills guides. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116359 | |
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