Wilderness Survival & Bushcraft for Kids: the Ultimate Beginner’S Guide for Children. Packed with Illustrations, Step-By-Step Guides and Tips to Master Survival & Bushcraft Skills.

HELP YOUR CHILD BECOME MORE CONFIDENT, CAPABLE, AND CURIOUS OUTDOORS!

A HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED WILDERNESS SURVIVAL & BUSHCRAFT GUIDE FOR KIDS AGES 7–12!

Packed with striking black-and-white illustrations, step-by-step visual guides, hands-on activities, and exciting outdoor discoveries!

Unlike traditional text-heavy survival guides, Wilderness Survival & Bushcraft for Kids brings essential outdoor skills to life through bold illustrations, clear diagrams, and easy-to-follow instructions.

Its engaging, graphic-novel-inspired style makes learning accessible and enjoyable, especially for visual learners, reluctant readers, and adventurous children who love discovering how things work.

From building shelters and tying knots to navigating with a compass and exploring nature, this beginner-friendly guide encourages curiosity, confidence, and practical thinking.

SURVIVAL SKILLS & PREPAREDNESS
Learn survival priorities, staying calm, packing essential equipment, and basic first aid.

SHELTERS & BEGINNER BUSHCRAFT
Explore shelter building, natural materials, useful knots, and introductory bushcraft techniques with illustrated instructions.

NAVIGATION & EXPLORATION
Discover maps, compasses, natural navigation, and the fascinating shadow-stick method.

FIRE, WATER & OUTDOOR SAFETY
Understand fire safety, finding and collecting water, outdoor hazards, and responsible wilderness decisions.

WILDLIFE & NATURE
Learn about wild animals, foraging awareness, trees, weather signs, and reading clouds.

Explore illustrated projects and practical learning activities, including:

• Building simple shelter models

• Practising useful knots

• Creating a DIY water filter

• Exploring a solar still experiment

• Learning natural navigation techniques

• Using the wilderness welfare journal

Highly illustrated throughout — striking black-and-white artwork helps explain outdoor skills.

Step-by-step visual guides — make unfamiliar concepts easier to understand.

Activities and experiments — encourage hands-on discovery and problem-solving.

Screen-free educational fun — ideal for camping, Scouts, homeschool families, forest schools, and nature enthusiasts.

Give your child the inspiration to explore, the confidence to learn, and the knowledge to begin thinking like a young survivor!

Safety Note: Children must always be supervised by a responsible adult or qualified professional when attempting activities described in this book.

Also by John R. Wilder:Wilderness Survival & Camping Journal for Kids.

Cover Update: This book now features refreshed cover artwork. Some customer review photographs may show the previous cover design.