Book

Pocket guide to the outdoors

Call Number

  • J 796.5 GEOR (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.

Physical Description

138 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Summary

This guide to the outdoors provides advice and instructions on camping, building shelters, finding water, and cooking outdoors. Some activities may require adult supervision.

Notes

"Based on My side of the mountain"--Cover.

Contents

  • A letter from Sam Gribley
  • Introduction
  • What to take
  • Camping
  • Shelters
  • Fire
  • Water
  • Fishing, roadkill & bugs
  • Outdoor cooking
  • Edible wild plants
  • Poisonous plants
  • Medicine plants
  • Useful knots
  • Animal tracking
  • Birdsongs
  • Falconry
  • Hiking & trailblazing
  • Finding your way
  • Outdoor fun
  • Out door safety
  • Recipes
  • A letter from Jean Craighead George.

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