211 Things a Bright Girl Can Do is the essential life-skills handbook for bright girls of every age, featuring all the subjects they don't teach you at school or Guides.

A life skills handbook for boys of all ages contains tutorials on such topics as spoon-bending, cowboy ropecraft, making invisible ink, using a watch as a compass, mowing a lawn, bull-fighting, and cooking breakfast.

Anything boys can do, girls can do better. The hysterical, cheeky, female counterpart to the smash hit 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do. If you’ve ever wanted to walk on stilts, make sloe gin, ride an ostrich, or forecast the weather like your grandmother used to, this is the book you’ve been waiting for. This surprisingly handy and delightfully amusing guide includes instructions for: EVERYDAY SURVIVAL SKILLS: How to manage an umbrella in the wind, escape a swarm of vicious bees, spot a love rat, get out of a cab without exposing yourself, and make a little black dress out of a garbage bag. HANDY HOUSEHOLD ADVICE: Learn 17 uses for spare fishnet stockings, how to remove any stain, rescue a meal that’s gone wrong, and enforce toilet seat procedure in a shared dwelling place. TOOLS FOR THE HOBBYIST IN THE KNOW: How to groom a horse, read tea leaves, force a cucumber, and bellydance.

Offers advice for women of all ages on topics such as how to remove stains, escape a swarm of bees, make a little black dress out of a garbage bag, forecast the weather, and seduce a man.