Gever really enjoyed chatting with Dr. Laura today. Hopefully you’ll find some fun ideas for things your family can do together.

For those of you who missed the show on SiriusXM, the podcast will be available on Dr. Laura’s website: http://drlaura.com (I believe this will be posted tomorrow or Tuesday).

Kristen Laine, May 21, 2011 – In the Appalachian Mountain Club Outdoors blog, “Great Kids, Great Outdoors”, Ms. Laine provides the perspectives of a 9 year-old boy (Virgil), a 12 year-old girl (Ursula), and their mom (Ms. Laine) on 50 Dangerous Things. Despite the fact that the kids have already done 30 of the 50 things, they still found things to try and Virgil loved everything about the book.

“Virgil was glad to hear that the book is ours to keep. He wants to keep track on the book’s ‘Field Notes’ pages.”

AMC: 3 takes on 50 Dangerous Things

Brian Lehrer, May 25, 2011 – Gever talks to Brian and New York callers live on the local NPR station about doing dangerous things.

WYNC: Gever talks to Brian Lehrer and NYC Listenerss

The Infodad Team, May 19, 2011 – In this 4+ review, the Infodad Team sets the stage for why parents might need a book like this, provides a lovely detailed description of the features of the book, and concludes “When the book is finished, kids will have a better understanding of science, mechanics, life experiences and their own capabilities. This is a wonderful idea that seems counter-intuitive only because adults have allowed their own fears for their children to trump their common sense regarding the importance of having kids learn to function in a world where there are dangers all the time – unavoidable ones that kids need to be able to handle.”

INFODAD: (++++) Dangers Real and Imagined

May 23, 2011 – The Los Angeles Times Books section says the reading season is heating up, and includes 50 Dangerous Things in the “Quirky” section of their beautiful, interactive Summer Reading Guide.

LA Times: Summer Reading Guide

Samantha, May 19, 2011 – Samantha describes 50 Dangerous Things as a source of ideas for things to do with your kids this summer. “Some of the things listed we already do with our children, but some of the ideas were fresh and age appropriate for not only my 4 year old but also my 15 year old.”

As They Grow Up: 50 Dangerous Things (you should let your children do)

Aika, May 22, 2011 – Aika bought the book to help her husband expand his perspective about parenting, and says “50 Dangerous Things is definitely going to become one of my favorite parenting guides and I’m excited to try some of the activities listed in the book when my son is a little older.”

50 Dangerous Things is my new parenting guide

Gever and Julie will be at Maker Faire this weekend (May 21-22) at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. We’ll be doing some Dangerous Things and signing books. The Faire is super-fun, so you should definitely come. And we’d love for you to stop by! We’ll be right outside the entrance to Maker Shed (where, of course, they will have books on sale :-)

More info on Maker Faire

If you’re in Japan, you’ll soon be able to buy 子どもが体験するべき50の危険なこと (otherwise known as 50 Dangerous Things – in Japanese!). O’Reilly Japan has translated our book and it goes on sale next week.

Buy 子どもが体験するべき50の危険なことhere

We had a wonderful time in New York this week.

Gever spoke at TEDxEast (Tinker, Noodle, Obsess) and we met lots of interesting people. His talk should be posted at some point – we’ll update the Press page with the details.

A car picked us up (at the crack of dawn!) for Gever’s appearance on the local PIX-11 Morning News, where he shocked the hosts by having them lick 9-volt batteries.

WPIX-11: Gever Shares Dangerous Things Live on TV

Continuing a challenging trend, another dawn wake-up call for Gever in order to talk to Dan Damon on BBC World Update (heard on the BBC World Service)

BBC World Service, World Update: Gever Tulley Interview

Finally, we introduced a bunch of kids to some Dangerous Things at the Barnes&Noble on the Upper East Side. (If you missed us, they have some signed books available for sale there.) My card reader is having trouble, so I’ll post some photos later.

Gever is now in Bloomington, Indiana, preparing for tomorrow’s TEDxBloomington (The Wisdom of Play). The event will be webcast live – my best guess is that Gever will be speaking shortly after 11am.

TEDxBloomington Livestream

If you live in/near Bloomington and can’t make it to TEDxBloomington, Gever will also be speaking at the Monroe County Public Library in the Auditorium on Sunday, May 15 at 3:30pm.

Sharon Kennedy Wynne, May 8, 2011 – “On Mother’s Day, we celebrate mom with sweet cards and sweet-smelling flowers. But there’s something to be said for Moms With an Edge. And for that, I find 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) to be the perfect counterprogramming to the fuzzy we-luvs-our-babies vibe.”

Celebrate Mother’s Day with ’50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)’