The Dangerous Book for Boys

The bestselling book 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.

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.

The completely revised American Edition includes:

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

Buy Now

Statistics

Home & Garden

# 8 on Dec 30, 2008
# 7 on Dec 28, 2008
# 7 on Dec 26, 2008
# 5 on Dec 25, 2008
# 5 on Dec 24, 2008
# 5 on Dec 23, 2008
# 4 on Dec 22, 2008
# 4 on Dec 21, 2008
# 2 on Dec 20, 2008
# 2 on Dec 19, 2008
# 2 on Dec 18, 2008
# 2 on Dec 17, 2008
# 2 on Dec 16, 2008
# 2 on Dec 15, 2008
# 3 on Dec 14, 2008
# 3 on Dec 13, 2008

Outdoors & Nature

# 6 on Jan 6, 2009
# 6 on Jan 5, 2009
# 4 on Jan 4, 2009
# 4 on Jan 3, 2009
# 4 on Jan 2, 2009
# 5 on Jan 1, 2009
# 4 on Dec 31, 2008
# 3 on Dec 30, 2008
# 4 on Dec 29, 2008
# 4 on Dec 28, 2008
# 4 on Dec 26, 2008
# 2 on Dec 25, 2008
# 2 on Dec 24, 2008
# 2 on Dec 23, 2008
# 2 on Dec 22, 2008
# 2 on Dec 21, 2008

Reference

# 4 on May 24, 2008
# 6 on May 23, 2008
# 5 on May 22, 2008
# 5 on May 21, 2008
# 7 on May 20, 2008
# 6 on May 19, 2008
# 7 on May 15, 2008
# 8 on May 14, 2008
# 9 on May 13, 2008
# 8 on May 12, 2008
# 8 on May 11, 2008
# 9 on May 10, 2008
# 9 on May 9, 2008
# 8 on May 8, 2008
# 9 on May 4, 2008
# 7 on May 3, 2008

Sports

# 3 on Jan 6, 2009
# 4 on Jan 5, 2009
# 3 on Jan 4, 2009
# 3 on Jan 3, 2009
# 5 on Jan 2, 2009
# 4 on Jan 1, 2009
# 4 on Dec 31, 2008
# 2 on Dec 30, 2008
# 2 on Dec 29, 2008
# 1 on Dec 28, 2008
# 2 on Dec 26, 2008
# 1 on Dec 25, 2008
# 1 on Dec 24, 2008
# 1 on Dec 23, 2008
# 2 on Dec 22, 2008
# 1 on Dec 21, 2008