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

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Girls belong outdoors! This handbook covers everything you need to get outside, including ideas for what to do, camping and hiking basics, body stuff in the wilderness, advanced skills like maps, weather, and first aid, as well as recipes, projects, activities, and profiles of inspiring outdoorswomen. Girls belong outdoors! This handbook covers everything you need to get outside, including ideas for what to do, camping and hiking basics, body stuff in the wilderness, advanced skills like maps, weather, and first aid, as well as recipes, projects, activities, and profiles of inspiring outdoorswomen. 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, the first amputee 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.

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"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 andlargely unoccupied niche in outdoors literature... the mere fact that this book exists is cause for celebration"--Foreword Magazine

"A dominanttheme accompanying the accessible advice is gentleadmonitionsto 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 kidand adult outdoors-women will appreciate the practical and thoughtful advice and should feel ready to tackle new adventures."--Booklist

"This book is a must have for a young adventurer or future young adventurer in your life." --Eugene Weekly

"With basic outdoor skills, camp recipes, outdoor projects, and inspiring stories, this guide improves the quality of girls outdoor time by helping them feel comfortable with skills and knowledge." --She Explores

Author Bio

RUBY MCCONNELL is the author ofA Woman's Guide to the Wild; she's also a geologist, environmental advocate, and dancer. Her work has appeared inGrain Magazine, Misadventures Magazine, Oregon Quarterly, Seattle Backpackers Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest,andFungi Magazine, among others. TERESA GRASSESCHI is an illustrator, painter, and lifelong glasses wearer who spends her days making pictures for books, brands, and galleries. Her work has been featured in publications such asStereogum,Rolling Stone, and theWall Street Journal. This is her first book for children. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Follow her on Instagram @TeresaGrasseschi.