Customer Reviews

The Boys' Book: How to Be the Best at Everything

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
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I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it is a lot of fun, nicely illustrated, and it has a number of features that are appealing to boys (and girls).

On the other hand, this book is unabashedly derivative of the funnier and more comprehensive The Big Book of Boy Stuff and the better designed The Dangerous Book for Boys. This leaves How to Be the Best at Everything running in third place for prospective book buyers.

Although not as comprehensive and complete as Bart King's amazing Big Book of Boy Stuff, The, this book is a good start for younger boys (and girls!) looking to impress their friends with how awesome they can be.

If you've ever wondered how to fly a helicopter, or needed to know how to avoid being eaten by a bear, or planned to show your superhuman strength by ripping a phone book in half, then THE BOYS' BOOK is for you.

This short guide (less than 120 pages) is filled with tips, tricks, hints, and helpful knowledge that anyone can use to make themselves look like a genius. Because, as you know, not everyone knows how to survive a volcanic eruption, freeze a finger, get an egg into a bottle, or send a message by semaphore.

Optimus sum. Which, by the way, means "I am the best" in Latin.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

My grandson is 10 years old. He said that it was the best book he'd ever read.

It is a small book but well worth the price. If you're a parent, get the book as a Christmas gift. I think it is a perfect gift. Way better than so popular no computer games. Your sun will find over hundred tips for things that interest him and believe me, he will be grateful. I found myself reading many passages with great interest. Also a great recommendation is a series titled "Why some cats are rascals"

A fun book - great for reluctant readers ages 8-12. I found myself unable to put it down just because I wanted to see what I could learn to do next!

My 10 year old son has devoured this book. He loves everything in it, how to make waterbombs out of paper... I have to tear him away at breakfast on school days because he just wants to work on a new project suggested in the book.

I purchased this book after stumbling across it here on amazon while ordering some christmas gifts for my 8 yr old son. So, after ordering a variety of typical boy toys I went ahead and ordered this book too, knowing it might be good for bedtime reading over the winter. I know it has only been 3 weeks since Christmas but I swear my son has read this book every single day since then and today proclaimed that it is the best gift he has EVER received in his life. (This coming from a kid who also got an Xbox Kinect, video games, expensive Lego sets, and a puppy for Christmas (not to mention a $200 cash gift from his Aunt). Nonetheless, he claims this book is the best present he has ever received- BY FAR! It's hard not to smile when I watch him with this book, he has an expression on his face that says I know something special, like he is carrying around a secret wealth of knowledge that he has just discovered and is confident he can master the skills he reads about. He carries this book around with him and reads and re-reads it every chance he gets, he takes it stores, restaurants, to school and even takes it to other kids houses. I'd call that a Prized Possession" and a big score for me... Mom.

it is a great book that I am sure my son will remember for a long time. I had a similar book as a child and found the skills fun and entertaining.

I gave this book to my son for his 9th birthday. I bought it based on the review mentioning reluctant readers. My son has dyslexia and struggles to read. Yesterday, a rainy Saturday, we spent discussing the raft building and tie tying detailed in this book. To have him going through this book and marveling "Dad it tells you how to..." is worth 10 times the cover price!

My son is in ninth grade and I hesitated before buying this book for him, afraid it would be too juvenile, but I was buying the girls book for my daughter and decided my son would like this book. He LOVED it. The tricks and tips still entertain him and his friends had fun with it one afternoon too.