Ingenuity and self-reliance are valuable qualities in a boy or man," writes famed outdoorsman Daniel Carter Beard. And what better way to foster them than by workingor playingwith your hands? For fathers who want to build the model ships (or real boats!) they never knew how to build, and sons who want to build the ultimate snow fort, The Outdoor Handy Book is a perfect compendium of wisdom and mischief. In its pages are directions for flying paper dragons, stilt-walking, playing dozens of ball games, building doghouses, capturing butterflies and frogs, and much more. Fully illustrated, and replete with notes to make sure that your fun is varied, continuous, and instructional in every season of the year, The Outdoor Handy Book is great all-ages activities resource, whether you're at the workbench or communing with nature.
- ISBN10 1602392684
- ISBN13 9781602392687
- Publish Date 22 May 2008 (first published 17 May 2008)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition Skyhorse Kids
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 512
- Language English