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For every girl with an independent spirit and a nose for trouble, here is the no-boys-allowed guide to adventure. This is the manual for everything that adventurous girls need to know - from female heroes in history to secret note-passing skills, science projects to friendship bracelets, the perfect cartwheel to the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking.Contents
Contents include : introduction -- essential gear -- basketball rules -- netball rules -- palm reading -- history of writing -- tag -- spanish language terms -- pressing flowers -- four square -- princesses -- how to whistle -- chinese jump rope -- double dutch jump rope -- how to tie a sari -- hopscotch, tetherball, jump rope -- queens - Artemisia -- knots and stitches -- softball rules -- playing cards -- south sea islands -- putting your hair up with a pencil -- cartwheels and back walk-overs -- weather -- lemon-powered clock -- snowballs -- toolbox -- going to africa -- bandana tying -- danger -- french language terms -- joan of arc -- willow whistle -- periodic table of elements -- vinegar and baking soda -- bowling rules -- queens - Salome Alexandra of Judea -- secret garden -- friendship bracelets -- slumber party games -- cloth book -- pirates -- women inventors & scientists -- sleep outs -- sit-upon -- lamp, lantern, flashlight -- explorers -- campfire -- paper airplane -- letters -- clubhouses -- forts -- daisy chains and ivy crowns -- reading tide charts -- making a seine net -- women spies -- how to be a spy -- climbing -- queens - cleopatra -- lemonade stand -- how to paddle a canoe -- scooter -- bird watching -- modern women leaders -- darts rules -- math tricks -- words to impress -- tree swing -- yoga - sun salutation -- three silly pranks -- what is the bill of rights -- the three sisters -- peach pit rings -- first aid -- queens - boudica -- roller skating -- boys -- robert’s rules -- water color painting -- peg board -- handclap games -- finance -- Marco Polo and water polo -- women olympic firsts -- negotiate a salary -- public speaking -- telling ghost stories -- change a tyre -- make your own quill pen -- hiking -- greek and latin root words -- paper flowers and capillary action -- cootie catchers -- jacks -- who’s it -- queens - Zenobia -- japanese t-shirt folding -- states, statehood, capitals, flowers and trees - plus Canada -- make your own paper -- books -- miscellanea -- badges -- illustration credits -- acknowledgements.