A Girl's Guide to the Wild: Be an Adventure-Seeking Outdoor Explorer! (Her Guide to the Wild) - Softcover

Ruby McConnell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1632171716 ISBN 13: 9781632171719

Publisher: Little Bigfoot, 2019

Synopsis

Your definitive guide to getting outside--for girls ages 9 -12! In addition to basic outdoor skills, this entertaining guidebook includes easy camping recipes, outdoor projects including science experiments and crafts, fun activity suggestions, and inspiring stories of diverse historical and contemporary outdoorswomen (such as Arunima Sinha, an amputee mountain climber and first Indian woman to summit Mount Everest; Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts; and Libby Riddles, first woman to win the Iditarod). The goal is to improve the quality of girls' outdoor time by increasing participation and independence, making them feel comfortable and safe, and giving them essential skills and knowledge. Charming and approachable, this book will encourage both reluctant campers and budding naturalists to go wild and embrace the outdoors.

About this title

Review:

"Empowering and entertaining"--Seattle Times

"Girls seeking to spend time outdoors will find information, inspiration, and planning tips in this guide." --Kirkus Reviews

"Its useful information fills a critical and largely unoccupied niche in outdoors literature... the mere fact that this book exists is cause for celebration"--Foreward Magazine

"A dominant theme accompanying the accessible advice is gentle admonitions to make sure that everyone is having a good time: be sure that activities are accessible to all and that everyone is included, follow the rules and take care of one another, and, of course, always be prepared. Both kid and adult outdoors-women will appreciate the practical and thoughtful advice and should feel ready to tackle new adventures."--Booklist

About the Author:

Ruby McConnell is the author of A Woman's Guide to the Wild; she's also a geologist, environmental advocate, and dancer. Her work has appeared in Grain Magazine, Misadventures Magazine, Oregon Quarterly, Seattle Backpackers Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and Fungi Magazine, among others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Bigfoot
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1632171716
• ISBN 13: 9781632171719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256