The Curious Boy's Book of Adventure [Mass Market Paperback]

Sam Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 18, 2007 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

Boys of all ages love to hunt, explore, and discover. They like expeditions, secret messages, and remote hideaways. They love to build, fix, and create. They love adventure, and this book shows them 100 ways to make adventure even more fun.

THE CURIOUS BOY'S BOOK OF ADVENTURE is full of hijinks and escapades that boys can get into right in their own backyards. Classified into 5 distinct sections:

* Exploring (with advice on things like how to row a boat)
* Hunting (bird watching and beach combing)
* Experimenting (Erupting volcano, simulating a tornado)
* Building (boats, igloos, sleds, etc) and
* Playing (boomerangs, dog-training)

The activities in THE CURIOUS BOY'S BOOK OF ADVENTURE reawaken the adventure instinct!

A perfect title for sons, dads and the rest of the family!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sam Martin is a former senior editor at This Old House magazine. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Denise and goes adventuring with his sons Ford and Wren. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Razorbill (October 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595142061
• ISBN-13: 978-1595142061
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #980,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventures, and Projects and Hijinks, OH BOY!, October 18, 2007

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w. cook "lifted-lorax" (northern va) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Curious Boy's Book of Adventure (Mass Market Paperback)

To quote the author, "Adventuring instincts have been dulled over the years by video games, television, and all those electronic toys that short-circuit the imagination". The Curious Boy's Book of Adventure is certainly a wonderful antidote to the electronics age. As a tomboy at heart and the 44 year old mother of an adventurous young son, this book immediately won me over with it's instructions on how to build a water balloon catapult. There are experiments, projects and hijinks of every variety. The book is easy to understand and just the right size.

It's time to put down the game-boy and start making some forts, bottle rockets, slime and home-grown crystals. Fun, Fun and more fun!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Fun for the Adventurous Boy!, March 3, 2008

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J. Muir "Reader" (Murrysville, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Curious Boy's Book of Adventure (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought this along with the "Dangerous Book for Boys" for my son, who is nine, for Christmas. He actually picks up this book more often than the "Dangerous Book". It is full of easy to read "things to do" and full of illustrations. My son and his sister especially like the animal traking section. They have taken this book with them on hikes in our back woods - hoping to find some unusual wild animals (like bears, wolves, etc). Lukily for me, they will only see deer, squirrels, and turkeys. But, their imagination goes wild with this book. This book is an excellent compliment for those who bought the Dangerous Book for Boys and worth it for a child who "plays too much video games"!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, December 12, 2007

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TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Curious Boy's Book of Adventure (Mass Market Paperback)

THE CURIOUS BOY'S BOOK OF ADVENTURE follows the new trend of writing quirky, informative, and entertaining books for young boys that teach the essentials of finding things to do that will keep you out of trouble. Broken down into five categories -- Exploring, Hunting, Experimenting, Building, and Playing -- this handy reference guide presents 100 things to build and do that are fun for all ages.

From bird-watching to fishing, from building a fire without matches to bug-hunting, from making an electromagnet to levitating a ping-pong ball, it's all there. Each of the 100 "hijinks and escapades" comes with a complete list of materials you'll need, step-by-step instructions, any applicable warnings, and a fun and interesting "did you know" section.

This is a great book for boys to share with their friends and fathers, and it's actually something that could be incorporated quite well into a Cub Scout or Boy Scout troop. Most of the activities are quick and easy, and many are definitely useful.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"