The bestselling book—more than 1.5 million copies sold—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—now a Prime Original Series created by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Greg Mottola (Superbad).
In this digital age, there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This wonderful activity book for boys 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.
Skills covered include:
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
*For more information on building treehouses, visit www.treehouse-books.com and www.stilesdesigns.com or see "Treehouses You Can Actually Build" by David Stiles.
"The book itself is lovely. I purchased for a gift. The price tag is a sticker on the back -large-when I started to peel it off, it tore the faux frantic cover away as well. ☹️ Kinda ruins the gift presentation. I purchased two actually. So the second one I warmed with a hair dryer- that one also pulled a bit so I pushed it b k and left it…"
— Shelly C. (4/5)
The back of the book
"The back of the book had a rip in it but I am still keeping it fur my grandsons."
— Patricia K. (4/5)
Well received by grandson. Good
"Well received by grandson. Good transaction too."
— Anne M. (5/5)
Love it- well made and
"Love it- well made and the content is just what kids need today"
— Andrea T. (5/5)
This was a gift for
"This was a gift for an intellectual boy of immigrant parents. He is loving learning American boy things."
— Dalene B. (5/5)
This was a Christmas gift
"This was a Christmas gift for my grandson and I briefly went through it looked like it had a lot of interesting facts that he's going to enjoy"
— Pamela S. (5/5)
I think this book will
"I think this book will be referenced for many years."
— Peggy O. (5/5)
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