How to Be a Know It All! (Stuff You'll Actually Want to Know About Life)

Empower kids with essential life skills, from cooking and crafting to outdoor adventures and emotional resilience, all while earning fun achievement badges.

Packed with fun, skills, and creativity, this is the everyday guide every kid will actually want to use. With step-by-step instructions, colorful illustrations, and practical tips, they’ll master more than 100 skills—from snapping cool photos and reading a recipe to speed-cleaning their room (finally!) and even starting a business. Each project includes easy-to-follow how-tos designed to build confidence and spark creativity.

This exciting book offers 100+ know-how activities for kids ages 8-12, including:

• Snacking skills: Bake delicious cookies, stop your mouth from burning after eating something too spicy
• Style skills: Make over your room, decorate your backpack, customize your sneakers
• Super skills: Shuffle a deck of cards, train to get better at your fave sport, throw a Frisbee trick shot
• Adventure skills: Build a marshmallow-toasting campfire, grow a plant from a seed, identify the stars
• Everyday Skills: Write a thank-you note, how to volunteer, budget your money
• Crafty Skills: Use basic tools, make a time capsule, and build a backyard fort

You’ll also get insider tricks and tips from the trusted experts at Good Housekeeping, bringing generations of know-how straight to kids. This one-of-a-kind activity book blends fun, learning, and accomplishment, giving kids the skills and confidence they need—while making every step an adventure.