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The makers of the famous Haynes car manuals have brought out a new book - on the mechanics of good fatherhood.

The Dad Manual shows men how to turn their children away from computer games and embrace traditional hobbies and pastimes.

The £14.99 book is flying off the shelves and is tipped to be a Christmas bestseller, reports the Daily Mail.

The manual tells fathers how to build traditional play equipment such as go-karts and Wendy houses.

It also shows how they can help their children construct camouflage periscopes, create planes from pizza boxes and make bows and arrows.

There are also instructions on building see-saws, model railways, playhouses and rope ladders. Fathers are also told how to teach their children to ride bicycles, make skateboard ramps and tie knots.

There are sections on cookery, gardening, bird-watching and traditional games including chess, battleships and marbles.

Editor Mark Hughes said: "Good parents spend time with their children doing things - and this is what the book encourages them to do.

"Haynes is famous for making car repairs easy to understand and carry out, and the same principle applies here."