It is in girls who make things and girls who ask questions, girls who set their sights on adventure and girls who find adventure in their own backyards. It is in girls who scale mountains and girls who speak their minds. It is in girls who break barriers and girls who help out friends. With chapters on scoubidou braiding, dream catchers, card games, and even a whole chapter of stuff to do when you’re bored, no girl will ever be at a loss for things to do. Daring girls can learn to run a magazine or paint a room, run off and join the circus, or put on a show.
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In these pages, girls can discover everything from how to make an electric buzzer game to how to create lightning in your mouth from car camping and star gazing to turning your backyard into a farm from making your own piñata out of papier-mâché to creating your own fun at slumber parties. In addition to inspiring stories like these, The Double-Daring Book for Girls is bursting with crafts and games, sports and knowledge, and facts about the world. Women who looked to the skies and discovered the secrets of the universe, and daring girls who became musicians and scientists and leaders when no one thought women should do these things. Women and girls who risked their lives escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad-and who then, daringly, helped others escape, too. Bicycle-riding women who traded their Victorian hoopskirts for bloomers at a time when women weren’t allowed to wear pants. Cowgirls who dared to ride horses and rope cattle. When we put together The Double-Daring Book for Girls, we discovered daring girls and women everywhere we looked. But everyday daring, courage, and bravery are no less important, whether it’s trying something new, sticking up for someone who is being teased, or taking a small chance that winds up making a big difference. It is true that some daring happens on a grand scale, such as rafting down a raging river, surfing monster waves, saving lives, or traveling on a worldwide expedition. It can mean being confident and brave and saying yes to the good risks that life brings your way. It can mean seeking adventure and being bold when bold is called for. As we learned in the original Daring Book for Girls, daring comes in many flavors. With all the rules we're given about what girls should and shouldnʼt do, a little daring can go a long way. Itʼs a remarkable word, daring: old-fashioned and forward-looking all at the same time.
OT OFTEN IN HISTORY have girls and women been encouraged to be daring. 277 Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher 268 How to Start a Mother-Daughter Book Club. 242 How to Say Hello, Good-bye, and Thank You Around the World. 227 Bocce, Horseshoes, Shuffleboard, Lawn Bowling, and Quoits. 182 Notable Women IV: Eleanor of Aquitaine. 150 How to Become President of the United States of America. 149 Phrases and Idioms and Their Origins. 80 The Double-Daring Girl’s Guide to Getting Out of Trouble.
To my dad, Danny Peskowitz, for memorable fishing trips to Second Bridge, and much more.
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