[tioga]

The Dangerous Book for Boys. Interesting. Dare I say that if the boys today were in Boy Scouts they would already know how to tie knots? LOL, looks like a good book though.

[secret garden]

I think this is probably an interesting read. Here are the chapters:

The Greatest Paper Aiplane 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

I would add more sports than baseball. Only about 20% of the boys I know play or care about it.

[Scotswife]

I’ll have to pick that one up.

I don’t know why people always have to find fault with someone else’s book when they don’t have to read it.

Afterall...there’s been more books,shows, and movies featuring girls and women facing adventure and danger too.
Shows like Alias were very popular with the girlies.

In the end you’ve got both males and females who are bored with the Ithaca approach to life.