The weather is getting nicer and with that, we know you'll all be spending more time outside so we thought we'd share some books to help you plan some outdoor activities. Click on the book titles to place the book on hold or contact your local branch for more information.
The New Trailside Cookbook
How to be the ultimate camp chef -- Shopping & packing -- The perfect camp -- Campfires -- Camp stoves -- Dehydrating food -- Breakfasts -- Midday meals -- Quick pickups -- Dinners -- Desserts -- Mixed drinks -- Weekend gourmet -- Cold-weather camping -- Menu planning & nutrition -- Living off the land.
Outlines projects that children can make, cook, or grow outdoors, providing instructions for options ranging from decorating flowerpots and building a scarecrow to baking muffins and making paper from corn.
Fresh designs for patio living, complete guide to construction, simple grills and gourmet kitchens.
A well-illustrated and highly entertaining sequel to the author's The Happy Camper, this book is a practical, informative and comic look at all aspects of wilderness camping: from planning to companions, wildlife to martinis.
Provides over two hundred recipes for appetizers, sides, and main dishes with step-by-step instructions, tips, and techniques for grilling.
Twenty-eight science projects and experiments to be done outside will spark kids' creativity and help them develop science skills through hands-on learning.
Describes the basic procedures and equipment needed in preparing and cooking simple foods in an outdoor setting.
In this volume of Maker Comics, First Second's DIY graphic novel series, you'll find step-by-step instructions for seven projects that will help you survive in the wild!
Little Critter and his classmates take a field trip into the woods to study their natural surroundings and discover plenty of surprises in the great outdoors.
Meals on the trail can be as delicious and varied as meals prepared at home. You can create meals to suit your tastes or diet--vegetarian, low fat, Asian, Italian. Meals prepared and dehydrated at home are compact and lightweight, perfect for the backpacker, and safer than packing perishable foods. The author shows how to prepare the meals so that they will travel well and will be easy to reconstitute in camp. The easy step-by-step instructions detail how to cook and dry lightweight, satisfying meals at home and then prepare them easily in camp--truly complete, instant meals.
This definitive guidebook to the outdoors is the most comprehensive reference to backcountry know-how available. From expert authors with more than 40 years of wilderness experience, the Encyclopedia of Outdoor and Wilderness Skills covers all terrains, climates, and situations.
Explore science in your own backyard with these quick, fun outdoor science projects.
Describes destinations and outings in Canada, and includes maps, travel tips, and information on activities, equipment, and wildlife viewing.
The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book includes 448 things to do in nature for kids of all ages--more than one activity for every single day of the year. Each of the year's four seasons includes fifty checklist items, fifty challenge items, three each of projects, destinations, garden recipes, and outdoor games.
For girls ages 9-12, this guide book includes recipes, quizzes, camping tips, and features on inspirational women with a focus on adventuring in the outdoors.
Get the whole gang outside and enjoy hours of family fun! Discover the pleasures of lawn games with this guide to 40 time-tested favorites &; from classics like capture the flag, croquet, badminton, and bocce to the lesser-known Cherokee marbles and kubb. Authors Paul Tukey and Victoria Rowell provide a quick overview of the basic structure of each game, then offer playing strategies and tips for creating fun variations. Spice up those long summer afternoons with some old-fashioned friendly competition.
