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The Daring Book for Girls rating: asin: 0061472573 binding: Hardcover list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $14.97 USD

See Lynn's full review here. (Short version: IT'S FABULOUS!!!)

have been dying to tell you about this book for MONTHS now, and then kapow! Two things kept me from meeting my blog tour deadline for "The Daring Book for Girls." First, our server blew up. You all held my hand through that, no need to rehash it.

But funnier, I just got the book back. Josie and Lou refused to give it back to me!

I feel it necessary to mention that I know Andi and Miriam, the gals who wrote the book. They're longtime online writing buddies, the founders of MotherTalk, and I'm even in one of Miriam's books. With that said, don't discount me when I say that "Daring" turned out even more fabulous that I was hoping it would be!

I am a sucker for these kinds of "handy" books and guides. I wish I still had my old 1940s Girl Scouts manual, for instance; I think I carted that thing around until it fell apart (this was in the 60s, thanks very much).

And with the advent of 24 hour children's television and video games, I worry that "girl culture" as I knew it is disappearing, much as "housewife culture" disappeared almost overnight late in the 20th century after several millennia of tradition. Every time I see a couple of girls playing "cat's cradle" with a loop of string I get happy chills.

And this book gives me happy chills!--read more