A good pocket selection of the larger bestseller。 An interesting read, even for an old man!The GR blurb:‘From girls to battles, from anthems to pirates to Shakespeare。 The perfect pocket book of things to know for every boy from eight to eighty。Includes Dangerous New Knowledge + Great Things to Know from The Dangerous Book for Boys’
Hazel,
This book has a lot of great information and is not just for boys。
Deanne Dela Cruz,
I have the red book as well but since my younger brother loved it so much, I bought this version for my son。 It's a pretty neat book that has the same content as the red one。 Only it's smaller (pocket-version) and focused more on items such as spies' codes and ciphers, poems and latin phrases every boy must know, famous battles, origin of words, the golden age of piracy, etc。 Enjoyable, insightful and highly informative。 I have the red book as well but since my younger brother loved it so much, I bought this version for my son。 It's a pretty neat book that has the same content as the red one。 Only it's smaller (pocket-version) and focused more on items such as spies' codes and ciphers, poems and latin phrases every boy must know, famous battles, origin of words, the golden age of piracy, etc。 Enjoyable, insightful and highly informative。 。。。more
Wayne Farmer,
A fun little book aimed at boys (and tomboys) filled with traditional boys own adventures, things to make, and important stuff to learn。 Rules on Chess, Football, Rugby and Cricket, Grammar, and information on the Kings and Queens of Britain, codes and ciphers, naval flags。 There's something in this book for every boy。The sort of thing every boy used to know and do。 A fun little book aimed at boys (and tomboys) filled with traditional boys own adventures, things to make, and important stuff to learn。 Rules on Chess, Football, Rugby and Cricket, Grammar, and information on the Kings and Queens of Britain, codes and ciphers, naval flags。 There's something in this book for every boy。The sort of thing every boy used to know and do。 。。。more
Angela Reeves,
utter rubbish
Andreoletti Ryan,
I thought the information in this story was very interesting and i will have to keep it if I ever go into the army because it had tons of military references。 It had tons of songs sung be people of the war。
Samuel kibret,
My favorite story in the book Dangerous book for boys is the chapter (the laws of football)。 because it was very detailed and accurate on the length and width of the soccer pitch and the size on a soccer ball and the amount of players on each team。i would recommend this book to others because it explains a lot of these that people know and need to know for instense kings and queens of England, the British empire, spies-codes and ciphers, the laws of football and optical illusions。
Steve,
This book would be good for all boys to read。 It is one of those books that will stimulate thought and interest in a wide variety of things。 If a boy (or a man for that matter) was to read and gain knowledge in the various areas of interest in this book they would truly be well rounded individuals: real renaissance men。
Rose,
What an awesome book! Everything from crafts and games to history to weird facts boys feel the need to know to how to understand girls to building tree houses to grammar rules to history。 We have the German edition; there are slight differences between the German, British, and American ones。