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the problem is partly the titles...
...partly the contents.
I got nothing against boys OR girls making tree forts or friendship bracelets or whatever. Why "The Dangerous Book for Boys" wasn't "The Dangerous Book for Boys and Girls" is a little beyond me, since I paged through it in the bookstore and a lot of those activities were things I enjoyed as a girl, and I wasn't a tomboy.
But I don't remember seeing anything about stocks/bonds/female leaders in the book for boys. Why? Will the boys not also grow up and need to manage their investments?
And come on--the reign of Elizabeth I was full of enough bloodshed and intrigue to satisfy the most Tom Sawyerish of boys.