Presents a selection of challenges often attributed to male sports or other cultures, and offers introductory guidelines on a range of ideas from learning how to surf and making a labyrinth to understanding the art of the Japanese tea ceremony.

A guide for males of any age provides instructions for engaging in a wide range of classic boyhood projects and activities, from building go-carts and constructing treehouses to identifying insects and flying the most effective paper airplanes.

"Gather close and let the Wizard tell you all of his secrets, for contained within these enchanting pages is everything you need to know to become the next great wizard, including directions for crafting a selection of marvelous gear, room decorations, concoctions, and good-luck spells. Use your special skills to make a hooded cloak as light as butterfly wings, an hourglass pendant for timing your potions, and your own homemade spell ingredients....

Many of the pieces in this edition have been selected from the much loved The Dangerous Book for Boys. They have been chosen to give readers things to do, inside and out, during the long summer days. This edition is a perfect format for readers to take everywhere with them. It has new drawings and new activities.