We just returned from an exciting camping trip involving lots of rain (luckily we have waterproof tents), skinny dipping in the ocean, fishing and canoe capsizing and found waiting for us on the doorstop this book - The Daring Book for Girls by by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz, published by Collins (October 30, 2007). We immediately looked through the book and it fell open at the page ‘how to paddle a canoe’. My daughter was hooked.

I asked my daughter about the book - after all it is for girls…

Do you like the book: - yes I do - it has information about birds and canoing and it is mine.

What do you like about the book: It is interesting, everything about it is interesting - especially about making tents and paper planes and how to play darts. It has dangerous stuff in it - its for girls but does not just have girly stuff about fairies it it. Also it tell you how to make things and do things.

What things are you looking forward to doing from this book: I want to learn how to roller skate, make daisy chains, reading about how to be a spy so I can spy on my brother. It also tells you how to play basketball but I don’t really care about that.