The Dangerous Book for Boys

The bestselling book--more than 1.5 million copies sold--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--now a Prime Original Series created by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Greg Mottola (Superbad).

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.

Skills covered include:

• 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

*For more information on building treehouses, visit www.treehouse-books.com and www.stilesdesigns.com or see "Treehouses You Can Actually Build" by David Stiles.

Author: Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780062208972
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author
Iggulden, Hal: - Hal Iggulden is the artistic director of the Holdfast Theatre Company in Leicester, England.

Iggulden, Conn: - Born in London, Conn Iggulden read English at London University and worked as a teacher for seven years before becoming a full-time writer. Married with three children, he lives in Hertfordshire. Since publication of 'The Gates of Rome', Conn has written a further thirteen books including the wildly successful 'The Dangerous Book for Boys'.