There are some really great tips in this book for a crash course in survival in the wild. The book, How To Survive In The Wilderness gives great ideas on how to prepare for an adventure out in the wilderness should you be interested in hiking or camping or even just exploring some unknown areas. However, not everyone who gets lost in the wild has been on an adventure that they have prepared for.
Sometimes people find themselves in the wilderness due to an accident or through a natural disaster. Tim O’Shei gives practical advice whether you are an adult or a child that can save your life if you should find yourself out in the wilderness without preparation. He teaches you how to find or make a shelter in all kinds of weather. He warns you about where you should build your shelter and why you need to consider changing weather patterns when you do build one.
In the book, Tim teaches you how to make a fire, how to find water when there is no obvious lake, river or pond; he even talks about warming up snow to get water so that you don’t lower your body temperature by just eating snow. This is important to maintain your body temperature because it could mean life or death.
There is a section in the picture book on finding food in the wild. He talks about what to look for and what to avoid; so that you don’t get sick from eating the wrong things. He also tells you how to store your food so that it doesn’t draw wild animals to your campsite or shelter; because that could be dangerous to have wild animals looking for food in the area where you are staying.
Another important part of the book teaches you how to make SOS signals that will get noticed by rescuers. They tell you where is the best place to go to be found. Some more practical advice given says not to go far from your original starting point. How to avoid getting trapped in the lowest valleys in case of flooding…and how to use the sky for directions when trying to find your way out of the wilderness.
How to survive in the wilderness is a book that is very useful. I think both boys and girls will enjoy learning some basic information on being independent in the woods. This book was published in 2009 by Capstone Press. You can find their website here: http://www.capstonepress.com It appears that there are about 6 titles in this series of How To Survive…. but they are not all by the same author. The other titles are: How to survive a flood, How to survive an eathquake, How to survive a tornado, How to survive being lost at sea, How to survive on a deserted island.
Marjorie Priceman has written a wonderful book of whimsy about making a cherry pie. She starts off telling us what we will need to make the pie, after she gives us a recipe. She tells us where to get the items we need to make the pie; at the cook shop. However, if the cook shop is closed…oh no, what do we need to do then? All of a sudden making a cherry pie becomes much more complicated and we need to do some traveling to get the supplies we need.
The book has a map of the United States and we do use it to travel to get the supplies that we need to make our cherry pie. Step by step the author teaches us to use some critical thinking to solve the problem of getting what we need. She takes us to states that have interesting facts and natural resources that when we put them to use will allow us to get the items that are needed for pie making. We really do see what the country has to offer us as we travel.
The illustration is colorful and fun. Who knew that there was so much activity required to make a cherry pie? This children’s picture book was published by Alred A Knopf in 2008. You can visit their website here: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids .
I love this children’s book called, The Storyteller’s Candle. It is the story of a woman named Pura Belpre who was born in Puerto Rico. She became the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. She brings her rich culture and her story telling abilities to the city where many latino’s had come to begin a new life. The library was viewed by them to be off limits to them. They did not know of the richness of culture inside the walls of the library…of the books written not only in English but also in Spanish.
Soon, the story telling room was transformed into a place that celebrated their Spanish culture in an environment that had previously seemed so cold and foreign to them having coming from a tropical island. This story is written in both English and Spanish. It is rich in history, in emotion and in culture. Mrs. Belpre puts on a fiesta complete with a parade, dances and a play. She uses puppets in her story telling at school which is where the children first learned about her work at the library. I think adults and children alike will enjoy it.The illustrations are realistic and golden and represent the latino culture well. The pictures take us back in time and show what New York City was like back then.
It was written by Lucia Gonzalez and illustrated by Lulu Delacre. It was published by Children’s Book Press in 2008. You can see their website here: http://www.childrensbookpress.org .
Michael Phelps is an amazing swimmer. He set records the whole time he was growing up. He worked with coach Bob Bowman towards improving his time, skill, and stamina. He worked so hard on his focus that he was able to go to the Olympics. He did so well that he won 8 medals…6 Gold ones and 2 Bronze ones. His book talks about the challenges both professionally and personally; as well as, what motivates & inspires him.
Michael’s focus is amazing with regards to setting swimming goals and attaining them. In the book Michael talks about the support systems that help him to keep that focus. His relationship with family members is strong. His relationship with his coach Bob Bowman is a wonderful blend of push, shove and encouragement. It is a good combination.
I would recommend this book for anyone trying to achieve a goal in life. It stresses the sacrifice and the rewards. Some personal challenges are also discussed on being a role model for others…Michael made mistakes in his personal choices and they are addressed as well as the consequences following those choices. The book was published in 2008 and was co-written by Sports Illustrated staff writer, Brian Cazeneuve. It was published by, Sports Publishing, LLC. The book is available on: http://www.amazon.com/ .
This is a great book for kids. This handbook shows wonderful illustrations for performing magic tricks with ropes and coins. It also gives you wonderful tips for preparing ahead of time to do a trick, gives information about what props are needed to do the tricks; and, the book also gives ideas and hints on performing the tricks in the best way possible. There are even little snippets about famous and skilled magicians and tricks that they were known for.
For those who have not performed in front of an audience…there are some helpful ideas on how to relax your audience and help them focus on what you want them to focus on and how to distract them from the things that you dont want them to notice while performing a trick. For tricks that use slight of hand motions there are some behind the scenes suggestions that will keep the audience guessing about how the magician was able to perform such a neat trick.
Kids will love this book so that they can amaze anyone by doing these tricks in front of them. It will make them an instant hit with their peers when they know how the trick is done and their friends do not.
The author of the book is Joe Fullman, the editor is Amanda Askew, the designer is Jackie Palmer, the illustrator is Mark Turner for Beehive Illustrations. The publisher is Steve Evans and the creative director is Zeta Davies. The book was published by QEB Publishing, Inc in 2008. Their website can be found here: http://www.qeb-publishing.com
I’ve often thought that self discovery is a life time journey. So many things in life are constantly moving and changing…but, a person’s basic emotional and spiritual makeup is pretty well set. However, understanding yourself and developing yourself to your highest level is something many people are content to ignore. Myself…I have tried to learn as I go. I am reading a wonderful book by Ralph P. Brown called, Awakening The Eagle: A guide to the medicine wheel. Ralph P. Brown is a native American of the Mohawk tribe. Ralph has written a book that explains the concept of the medicine wheel and how to apply it to our lives. The medicine wheel helps us in our journey of self discovery by teaching us life lessons that we can use to understand and explore the areas of our life that are often a mystery.
The medicine wheel uses stories and pictures as well as direct instruction to teach. The symbols and the energy forces add understanding to what we are to learn in our daily lives to be a better person and to live our lives more fully and with purpose. The realm of the physical and spiritual self are life forces that exist at the same time. People who are willing to seek guidance in their lives through learning about the merging of the physical, spiritual and emotional planes are often those people who seek to understand their purpose in life. We all have a purpose in life and are happiest when we are willing pursuing it. I found this book to be very enlightening.
The author, Ralph P. Brown is also a very talented artist. He does pointillistic art work. You can view some of his artistry here: http://www.mirroredwindows.com/ . Ralph and his wife Anita live in Nebraska and operate the Mirrored Windows Gallery which showcases Ralph’s gorgeous artwork. You can check out his website about this book here: http://www.ralphpbrown.com/. I think that you would find the book very informative as well as beautifully presented with a gorgeous cover and some artwork scattered through the pages of the book. Enjoy!