100 Things to Know Before You Grow Up

by Lisa M. Gerry

Overview

It's fun to be a kid, but are you ready for what comes next? Challenge yourself with these 100 things and you will be! Jam-packed with tips, tricks, and skills that every kid should master before turning 18, this is the ultimate guide to becoming a fun-loving, well-rounded, totally competent and confident young person. Complete with expert advice from real life explorers, adventurers, and masters of their craft, it's perfect for jump-starting an amazing life!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426323164
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	694,237
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

LISA GERRY is a writer and reporter who began her career at National Geographic Traveler magazine. Her work has appeared in such publications as Ladies' Home Journal, USA Weekend, and Woman's Day and websites LearnVest and HelloGiggles. She is also the author of the National Geographic Kids books 100 Things to Do Before You Grow Up and Puppy Love.

Editorial Reviews

"Lisa Gerry has compiled a wide variety of topics that are of interest to young readers as they mature and face various problems and concerns growing up... the reader will find the information valuable and a quick read." — School Library Journal

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From the Publisher

2016-01-09
A debatable selection of items to master before you grow up—meaning, perhaps, freshman year of high school. This collection is a strictly hit-or-miss affair from a variety of angles: good point, good explanation; good point, bad explanation; pointless point, explanation irrelevant. Taking everything from personal attitude to skills to knowledge into account, sometimes the item and the accompanying instructions are smack on: how to field criticism, do your laundry, learn to say no ("Don't offer too much explanation" and "You can always say ‘thanks for asking' "); what to do if someone is choking (best tip here: "take a first aid or CPR course"); how to make your bed and load a dishwasher and defeat a mosquito bite (not all at once). But advice like "balance is something you can improve upon with practice" or "your journal is completely up to you" is meaningless, as, arguably, are the quaint tips on map-reading and how to write a check (why not how to treat a black mamba bite or, maybe, raise a roof beam, which are just about as likely to arise?), and then there is the questionable: "If you are biting your nails when you're watching TV, try chewing gum." A pure turkey shoot, though "National Geographic wants you to know what explorers know, what makes them successful." That must have been educational TV and sugarless gum. (Nonfiction. 8-12)

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