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

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Editorial reviews

The Mail On Sunday Weekend
Featured in The Mail On Sunday's "You Can't Get Through The Week Without"

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The Daily Mail Bookshop
At last, here is a book that no girl should be without; a book that
guarantees hours of fun; a book that will encourage girls to turn off the
TV and go and do something interesting instead.

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Families Online
It makes a pretty good shot at providing the 21st century girl with all
they need to know to shine.

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Mizz Magazine
Boredom will be a distant memory, top stuff!

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Natasha Harding, The Sun, April 13th 2007
A good, fun read for any girl - this book will certainly give your party piece repertoire a boost. Hours of fun.

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Synopsis
At last, here is a book that no girl should be without; a book that guarantees hours of fun; a book that will encourage girls to turn off the TV and go and do something more interesting instead. In brief, here is a book that shows readers exactly how to be the best at everything! Who could resist? You can find out how to: keep a message secret; strum a guitar; do a French plait; make a bird feeder; make a compass; find the North Star; press flowers; do finger knitting; build the best sandcastle; make a kite; be a natural beauty; make your own lip gloss; do the perfect handstand; do the splits; teach a dog to shake hands; and much, much more! The entries include step-by-step instructions and diagrams to follow.

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Customer reviews

review by: Bexy xxx date: 2008-05-16 rating:
Lovely Book full of nonsense and amazing info and activities!
A great book for fun activities all year round. As soon as i saw it in the bookshop i loved it, and still do to this day, love it, love it, love it!If you like this but want something even better, try the great big glorius book for girls. By the way, i LOVE the illustrations!

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review by: Graham date: 2008-02-16 rating:
Loved by my daughter
Lots of fun, with a few quirky articles too. My 10 year old daughter jealously guards this book and keeps it by her bed at all times. She just loves this.

What better recommendation can you give!

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review by: a Practical Optimist date: 2008-01-17 rating:
Bits of Valuable Advice That I Used in a Too Brief Format on Many Subjects
I read this book before going on a trip with my daughter. While we were away, she struggled with su doku puzzles and I was able to use the section in this book to help her. Later in the trip, I stepped in something that made my running shoes smell like I had had a run in with a skunk. Upon returning home, I began applying the remedies in this book and my shoes smell better than when I left home. Thank you, Ms. Foster!

I also liked the sections on making a friendship bracelet (an essential skill for our daughters), preparing a bird feeder, winning a staring contest, pressing flowers (another essential girl activity in our family), grooming a horse (a much contemplated, but never done, activity at our house), making a fake mess, walking the dog with a yo-yo (very difficult for our daughters), drawing with wet chalk, sand castle building, eating with chopsticks (hard for our daughters), making a French braid (often done here), finding the North Star, growing a crystal, making bread, finding your blind spot, and performing ballet.

I didn't like the goofy sections. I'm not sure the humor would have worked with our daughters. This is humor for very adventuresome girls which our daughters weren't.

Some of the sections were well-intentioned but didn't provide enough detail such as how to whistle loud. Illustrations of that section would have helped a lot.

Other sections just didn't get there such as how to study for exams. It's the kind of advice you would give someone trying to memorize spelling words rather than study for something more rigorous. The section on surviving in the desert doesn't mention taking extra salt before going into the desert.

I thought the section on keeping a secret diary was diabolically too clever. My wife wouldn't have been able to read our daughter's writing if they had read that section. My wife would have been a basket case.

Both of our daughters were into design, color, and beautiful images. This book looks like a 1935 version on this subject and wouldn't have appealed to them.

I'm glad such a book was published, however, because mastering these tasks can bring a lot of joy to a girl (or to a boy playing with a girl).

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review by: bagginshobbit123go date: 2007-10-10 rating:
Great fun!
On receiving this book on my birthday I quickly started reading it and enjoyed it throughly. While some chapters of the book are fairly sensible , how to do the perfect manicure - and so on-, but some are rather odd, How to survive an alien invasion, but this gives the book all the character.
Delightful read for girls around the ages of 8-14.


review by: Traveller date: 2007-09-04 rating:
Quite funny - do not take too seriously!
Quite funny and quirky and not to be taken too seriously this book is for younger girls as something light to read. Full of mostly fun things to do and step by step instructions of how to do them.

Only bad point about it: my 9 year old's first reaction to the book "its a bit sexist isn't it? boys can read too"

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