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Title details for The Girl's Guide to Building a Fort by Jenny Fieri - Available

The Girl's Guide to Building a Fort

Outdoor + Indoor Adventures for Hands-On Girls

by Jenny Fieri
Alexis Seabrook
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An entertaining guide for girls on how to make the world into their workshop—with screen-free, hands-on activities for independent exploration, making, building, and play.

The Girl's Guide to Building a Fort shows girls and their grown-ups how to knock down the four walls holding them in and transform each day into a canvas for play and adventure. This illustrated, information-packed guide is for Hands-On Girls, girls who want to fix things, make things, and learn more about the world around them.
The book contains two sticker pages and dozens of activities, projects, and games—many of which can be done in 30 minutes or less with materials you already have in and around your home—and fun and interesting information on everything from how to spot constellations and change a bike tire to how to make your own jerky and what to do if you get lost in the woods. It's the must-have book for anyone, big or little, who's ready to learn new skills, get a little dirty, and reconnect with the whimsical, gutsy girl in each of us.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 10, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781524869588

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781524869588
      • File size: 15603 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1110
    • Text Difficulty: 7-9

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      April 1, 2021
      This jam-packed book covers an abundance of pursuits a hands-on girl might be interested in trying. Organized into six sections--science, the outdoors, athletics, art, building, and cooking--this book is sure to offer readers something that stimulates their interest. The narrative is written in a breezy style that is uniformly nonintimidating and encouraging (though maybe a bit too heavy in its use of super and awesome). The projects are delineated into activities readers can do by themselves versus those they need a grown-up to help with, such as using a knife to chop food or preheating the oven. While the sheer scope of projects presented is admirable, a significant problem is the lack of step-by-step diagrams. The sections covering knots, karate moves, paper airplane folding, and stargazing, among others, would greatly benefit from more detailed (or any) illustrations, and the section on birds would be far more user-friendly with pictures of the subjects. And while some sections are stellar--conservation, the metric system, and baking in particular stand out--others are inadequate. The section addressing self-defense moves seems mostly unrealistic while the instructions for outdoor fire-building don't mention digging a pit and/or edging with stones to contain embers. Chapters open with illustrations in charming watercolors depicting girls of differing ethnicities. Copious projects bolstered by a supportive tone but let down by insufficient diagrams. (further reading, index) (Nonfiction. 9-12)

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Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1110
  • Text Difficulty:7-9

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