Just in, a new book by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz to follow their previous title, The Daring Book for Girls. This book, The Double-Daring Book for Girls, is filled with even more creative, helpful, and out-of-the-ordinary tips and how-tos for any girl aspiring to be a little more brave, daring, and savvy!
Maybe your girls (or you!) were spellbound with the first volume. Maybe you thought it was about time for the sequel to arrive. Well, it has! And it’s jam-packed with a wealth of new & exciting things to do and try.
(You can view a teaser promo video about the book here if you’d like!)
This book will show and tell how to:
- Make batik
- Plant a windowsill garden
- Paint a room
- Have a Japanese tea ceremony
- Dye your hair using Kool-Aid
- Whittle
- Start a dream journal
…and much more!
When I first saw The Double-Daring Book for Girls, I immediately feel in love with the vintage feel of the cloth-covered book, the title font, and the interior cover pages (which is made of pink & white marbleized paper, just like antique volumes). The typeset inside is reminiscent of vintage typography, as well, and so it lends a secret, hidden, almost magical feeling to what treasures are inside.
Also strewn throughout this book are historical snippets about notable women of the past, such as notable dancers and information about the underground railroad.
Whether you have the first book or not, The Double-Daring Book for Girls is a must-have for any young girl…and a great book for mom and daughter to share and explore together! The book retails for $26.99 and you can find it wherever books are sold nearby, as well as at a host of online bookshops.
Win it! I’m delight to tell you that HarperCollins has so generously offered FIVE of you a chance to win The Double-Daring Book for Girls! Just leave me a comment below with one of the following bits of information:
1) Another book by HarperCollins that caught your eye
2) What being “daring” or “double-daring” means to you.
I’ll close the contest next Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 11pm EST. Sorry; US entries only. Good luck!
valerie m (3 years ago)
don’t look twice by andrew gross
Val Pearson (3 years ago)
The A-Rod story! I think that would be an awesome book!
Christina (3 years ago)
What we’d like to read? The Great Gilly Hopkins!
daring: Stepping out of the box and doing something that ya wouldn’t normally do!
AmandaSue (3 years ago)
My niece would really like this book and I love Harper Collins! “The Hour I First Believed” by Wally Lamb sounds like a good book and its on my reading list. Thanks for entering me into this giveaway.
Morgan Klein (3 years ago)
I think Very Valentine looks really good. Being daring to me means setting an example of who you are that others can look up to
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kristie (3 years ago)
The Flat Stanley’s books look cute!
rockle (3 years ago)
I love every single book by Christopher Moore. EVERY ONE. He is fantastic. Harper Collins is publishing some of the best books on the market right now.
swati (3 years ago)
i would die for the’That Extra Half an Inch
By Victoria Beckham’
swati (3 years ago)
Daring for me means being someone you only wish to be in your wildest imaginations and doing things the prudent’you’ would never do.
Abby (3 years ago)
I would really like to read those Fancy Nancy books they look pretty cute!
Naddez (3 years ago)
The Book of Destiny.
Naddez (3 years ago)
Daring means taking a chance at something or someone.
Lethea Benson (3 years ago)
Fatally Flaky
by Diane Mott Davidson looks great~I have enjoyed her other books=)
I would love to have this book for me and my daughter to share, we didn’t read the first one, I guess we missed out!
Luvdaylilies at bellsouth dot net
LaDonna (3 years ago)
I think I’d enjoy reading the book entitled, Boy Alone.
To me daring is trying something you never imagined doing and double daring would be to do it again whether you succeed or fail.
Serena (3 years ago)
For me, daring would be going into the insect house at the zoo (spiders!). Double daring would be actually TOUCHING a spider…or skydiving.
Jamaise (3 years ago)
It’s brother book of course! The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys: Things to Do!
Jamaise (3 years ago)
Oops – sorry I forgot to add what being daring means to me – to me daring means to step outside of what is your comfort zone. Even if it’s ordering something new at a restaurant. Trying something new!
Katrina V (3 years ago)
Another book that caught my eye from Harper Collins is Pizza
By Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough. I always order-out pizza and really need to start making my own.
Katrina V (3 years ago)
The meaning of daring to me is taking risks and pushing outside/past your limits.
sylvia (2 years ago)
Being daring means to me that girls can do anything{plus more} than boys
Melanie (2 years ago)
“Beastly” by Alex Flinn -Seems like an unusual book. I’m looking forward to reading it.
lisa (2 years ago)
I’d love to win a copy of this, for myself.
I’d also like to pick up The Dangerous Book for Boys, for my son.
iluvchrisnlevi@aol.com
Mika (2 years ago)
I’ve heard great things about Curious? by Todd Kashdan.
Mika (2 years ago)
Being daring means doing things that make you stop to brace yourself for – to mentally prepare, however briefly, for the uncertainty and danger ahead.
renee (2 years ago)
The House at the End of the Road
By W. Ralph Eubanks caught my attention.
renee (2 years ago)
Daring to me means doing the things your heart tells you to do even though your mind tells you you can’t do them.
Ladytink_534 (2 years ago)
1) I just love HarperCollins! What I Did for Love
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of the next books I plan on buying.
Ladytink_534(at)yahoo(dot)com
Michelle (2 years ago)
Daring means feeling comfortable about being yourself!! Dare to just be you!!
Jo (2 years ago)
start where you are by chris gardner looks like a good read, and to me daring means you are willing to try new things
jceko77@yahoo.com
Ginny (2 years ago)
White Witch, Black Curse caught my eye & being daring to me means that you try something new!
oona b (2 years ago)
Being daring means you are brave and don’t live for the opinions of others. Self-confident=strength!
Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com
Stephanie Hood (2 years ago)
The Winner Stands Alone, the latest novel from Paulo Coelho! I loved The Alchemist and the Witch of Portobello!
Paula H (2 years ago)
The Cornbread Book, A Love Story with Recipes By Jeremy Jackson looks good to me.
I think daring is being about not being afraid to live life to the fullest.
Alice Hansen (2 years ago)
The new release “The American Future” by Simon Schama looks interesting. Thanks for the chance!
Jennifer B (2 years ago)
I would like to read Twice Loved by Lori Copeland
Jennifer B (2 years ago)
Being daring means to me to not be scared to do something that you normally wont do.