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11 eBooks For Getting Outside

Practical skills help you enjoy outdoor activities. Celebrate summer with hiking, boating, gardening, and observing nature. These eBooks will get you started!

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  • Birding New England

    A Field Guide to the Birds of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont

    Minetor, RandiMinetor, Nic
    Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature's ways with so little effort—if one knows what to look for. Birding New England opens the world of birding to the novice and expert in this complete guide to…
    eBook, 2019Globe Pequot Publishing, 2019
  • If you love the outdoors-its beauty, bounty, and diversity-I am just like you. If you enjoy being creative in the kitchen as you prepare delicious and sometimes unusual meals for your friends and family, I am just like you. And if you take pride in…
    eBook, 2020Newman Springs Publishing, Inc., 2020
  • Surviving the Great Outdoors

    Everything You Need to Know Before Heading into the Wild (and How to Get Back in One Piece)

    Leonard, Brendan
    From how to fight off a bear and how to identify poison ivy to how to rappel down a mountain and select the right sleeping bag for cold weather camping, this intro-level guide teaches the skills that anyone can use to thrive in the great outdoors.
    eBook, 2019Artisan, 2019
  • Outdoors

    25 Experiences of God's Great Earth

    Youngman, Jenny
    This latest addition to the popular Worship Feast series takes youth outdoors to worship amid God's wonderful (and often unpredictable) creation. This resource includes devotions, meditations, and outdoor worship services for all seasons and times…
    eBook, 2010Abingdon Youth, 2010
  • Camping

    An Experiential Guide

    Clark, Allan C.
    The author has spent a lifetime of camping in many of its forms. Experiences from tent camping, canoe camping, and camping as a backpacker all come together in this fully-packed guide. Whether you are considering camping for the first time or even…
    eBook, 2019BookBaby, 2019
  • Nature-Based Learning for Every Preschool Setting is designed to provide ideas for all early childhood educators ranging from novice nature educators to highly experienced nature educators in a wide range of ecosystems, including forests, cities,…
    eBook, 2018Redleaf Press, 2018
  • This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other "bugs" found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada.
    eBook, 2017Princeton University Press, 2017
  • Kids Camp!

    Activities for the Backyard or Wilderness

    Carlson, LaurieDammel, Judith
    Activities to help young campers build an awareness of the environment, learn about insect and animal behavior, boost their self-esteem, and learn the basics for fun, successful camping.
    eBook, 1995Chicago Review Press, 1995
  • This definitive guide to the sport of whitewater kayaking draws on the combined 30+ years of experience of world-renowned paddlers and instructors Ken Whiting and Kevin Varette. Covers everything from the most basic skills and concepts to the most…
    eBook, 2019Fox Chapel Publishing, 2019
  • Paddle Your Own Canoe

    One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

    Offerman, Nick
    Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman—who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very…
    eBook, 2013Penguin Publishing Group, 2013
  • Field Guide to Urban Gardening

    How to Grow Plants, No Matter Where You Live

    Espiritu, Kevin
    In Field Guide to Urban Gardening, author Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening shares the basics of growing plants, offers tips on how to choose the right urban gardening method, and troubleshoots the most common problems you'll encounter. If you think…
    eBook, 2019Cool Springs Press, 2019