Survivor Kid


Book Description

Anyone can get lost while camping or on a hike and Survivor Kid teaches young adventurers the survival skills they need if they ever find themselves lost or in a dangerous situation in the wild. Written by a search and rescue professional and lifelong camper, it's filled with safe and practical advice on building shelters and fires, signaling for help, finding water and food, dealing with dangerous animals, learning how to navigate, and avoiding injuries in the wilderness. Ten projects include building a simple brush shelter, using a reflective surface to start a fire, testing your navigation skills with a treasure hunt, and casting animal tracks to improve your observation skills.




Boy's Book of Camping and Wood Crafts


Book Description

Details the ingenious methods of Native Americans and old time woodsmen in keeping dry and warm, making tools, and making camp furniture.




The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals - and Other Forgotten Skills (Natural Navigation)


Book Description

Turn every walk into a game of detection—from master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Natural Navigator When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside, he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun’s direction; the Big Dipper tells the time; a passing butterfly hints at the weather; a sand dune reveals prevailing wind; the scent of cinnamon suggests altitude; a budding flower points south. To help you understand nature as he does, Gooley shares more than 850 tips for forecasting, tracking, and more, gathered from decades spent walking the landscape around his home and around the world. Whether you’re walking in the country or city, along a coastline, or by night, this is the ultimate resource on what the land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and clouds can reveal—if you only know how to look! Publisher’s Note: The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs was previously published in the UK under the title The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs.




The Natural Navigator


Book Description

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.




Wilderness Weekends


Book Description

Bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast of England to Scotland's far north. Each weekend includes practical advice, detailed maps and inspiring photographs to help the camping enthusiast take the next adventurous step. With a host of hard-won tips on what to take and when to go, this is the helping hand needed to unlock your outdoor potential.




Camping's Top Secrets


Book Description

Discover the best-kept secrets of expert campers which are divulged in this book by Cliff Jacobson a seasoned veteran of the sport




Grammar Practice Simplified: Guided Practice in Basic Skills (Book F, Grades 7+)


Book Description

Grammar is the structure of language. It is the tool with which students refine and perfect their working knowledge of language. Knowing the elements of language and understanding how they work together greatly enhances all language-based abilities. Grammar Practice Simplified Book F Is designed to help students use the parts of speech correctly in speaking and writing. They review the kinds of sentences; then they study nouns, pronouns, and verbs and use these elements in sentences. Students are introduced to subjects and predicates, adverbs, and adjectives. Complex sentences, including dependent, independent, adverb, and adjective clauses, are introduced. Punctuation is covered in detail, including the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, apostrophe, and colon. Many activities encourage students to write independently. Readability has been carefully controlled for younger students, but the approach and design make the book useful for older, language-delayed students or students who speak English as a second language. Answers are provided at the back of the book. Book F is Grades 7+.







The Pocket Guide to Camping


Book Description

From setting up a tent to cooking over the campfire, this handbook includes camping skills and first aid, along with stories, games, recipes, activities, and fun campfire songs. Illustrations.