We’re trying to keep up with the contests, and here’s another. Naturemoms.com is offering a book in return for a few words about who you would give this book to, and why. Deadline is December 3d, so head on over.
Join us over at Gather.com this Thursday, November 29, at 7 pm, for a live chat!
This Thursday night, at 7 pm EST, we’ll be talking with Chris Carlisle and answering questions over at the Gather Essentials Book Group. Hope to see you there! In the meantime, check out our other features on Gather: Introducing the Daring Book for Girls, The Daring Girls Guide to Danger, On Being Daring, and our Daring Girls homepage on Gather.
One of our favorite reviews so far comes from a nine-year-old girl, who, with the help of her parents, reviews the book over at HipMama. We love her enthusiasm for the book, and we love how clearly she knows what being daring is all about! She writes:
So far, my favorite section has been on tetherball. Tetherball was something that I did not know about before I read this book. I read about it and it sounded interesting but I wasn’t sure if I would like it. Then I had a chance to play it at school for the first time and found that I really liked it. I think the book helped me because thanks to it, I knew some of the rules before I played, such as not touching the rope or the pole. This helped make me more confident the first time I played, and I think you have to have confidence to be daring.
Absolutely! We also loved her idea about bowling at home:
Just this afternoon I found a section on bowling. Bowling is one of my favorite activities and I can’t wait to read this part. It explains scoring and has a glossary of bowling terms that I didn’t know about. I keep asking Mom and Dad to take me bowling but they are always doing stuff so I am going to take some empty water bottles and a ball outside and create my own bowling game when I’m done working on this review.
It is really wonderful to hear about real girls’ reactions to and interactions with the book — using the book as a jumping-off point for real-life creativity, inspiration, and confidence is what it’s all about!
As Miriam mentioned a few posts back, we’re doing some fun radio interviews with Australia media this week. When we were working on the book, we tried to keep in mind its international audience, and we did include many a factoid concerning things Australian. On one of the radio shows I did today, the host was giving away copies of the book to anyone who could correctly answer these five questions:
1. Name three of the seven positions in netball.
2. Chinese jump rope is known in other countries by the names “American Jump Rope,” “Japanese Jump Rope,” “Norwegian Jump Rope,” and “German Jump Rope.” What name is it called in Australia?
3. What kind of bird is a Mallard?
4. In the 2000 Olympic games, held in Sydney, who was the first Aboriginal woman to earn an individual medal?
5. Jacks, along with marbles, is one of the oldest games in the world. What name does it go by in Australia?
To find the answers to questions 1-4, check out Rules of the Game: Netball, p. 6; Chinese Jump Rope, p. 25; Birdwatching, p. 177; and Women Olympic Firsts, p. 235.
As for the last question — the answer isn’t in the book, but if you’re Australian, you might know it anyway! Send in your best guesses to us at daring @ daringbookforgirls . com!
The Daring Book for Girls meets political cartoonist R.J. Matson, and the result has us laughing out loud. We have been asked, as might be expected given the book’s chapter on Modern Women Leaders, about our thoughts on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candidacy, and I must say, Matson’s cartoon bests any response we might give!
One serious point, however, has to do with the Power Husbands: Where to Find One/ How to Keep Him quip.
The Daring Book for Girls believes that any woman who runs for office shows a great deal of daring, and we believe that’s true no matter her political party or her platform. We also look forward to the day that a woman can run for president without having been married to a former US President, or a former Senator (we’re thinking here of Elizabeth Dole’s run for president), or to any man with power. That day has got to be coming when a woman doesn’t need a power husband to get in the running for high elected office, and when it does, The Daring Book for Girls is hosting the party to celebrate.
In the meantime, let’s keep showing our daughters that list of Women Leaders, because community and public service are important, and all our girls and our boys need to grow up thinking that the highest posts in the nation might be open to them, too.
Modern Women Leaders, p. 179.
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