The Lost Book of Adventure: from the notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer

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Editor Teddy Keen is an adventurer and art director, based in London. The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.

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Having inspired the adventurous spirit in you, the Unknown Adventurer encourages you to set out on your own adventure with information on wild camping, rafting, exploration, and shelters and dens, plus tips on first aid and tying knots. Expert instructions on wilderness basics, like building a fire, what to do if you get lost, and how to build various types of shelters are accompanied by more specific skills culled from many years of experience, like baking campfire bread, creating a toothbrush from a twig, making a suture from soldier ants and even how to pan for gold. Where... where do I begin with this... I am speechless. I closed the book and felt like I was still lost inside it. And that is an instant *favorite* for me. If you are reading this, it means my notebooks have been found. I am leaving them here at camp for safekeeping along with a few other belongings that I won't be taking with me. The notebooks are a lifetime's worth of knowledge, which I'm passing on to you. A brief summary of the table of contents gives a sense of what is in store. There are headings (and a sample of subheadings) below including

For anyone who cares about getting themselves and their children out in the wild, read this and understand what it means to live with your senses alive. This has the power to kindle the fire of adventure in a whole generation.' -- Ed Vere

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Want-to-be explorers will be drawn to this handbook of all kinds of outdoors survival advice. Truly excellent water color drawings of everywhere outdoors from the Arctic to the tropics. Numerous sketches. Captions are in very small print. There was so much to include. If you are reading this, it means my notebooks have been found. I am leaving them here at camp for safekeeping along with a few other belongings that I won’t be taking with me. The notebooks are a lifetime’s worth of knowledge, which I’m passing on the you. An anthology to inspire and help children understand how far self-belief and guts took adventurers from the past - and to wonder how far these qualities could take them too. Includes stunning illustrations. Featuring tales of peril and danger weaved with practical tips, children can discover how to camp in the wild, create their own rafts, make different types of shelters with what the environment provides, first aid and essential supplies in an explorer’s kit.

For sure, this is a book designed to equip you for adventure into any environment and any climate. It contains the most comprehensive guidance, in the form of lists, instructions, diagrams, facts, knowledge, techniques, advice, remedies and warnings. Yet, it is so much more than just a handbook. It is also a beautifully illustrated story, narrating a life time of adventure, which draws on thoughtful reflections, poetically written. On describing the Northern Lights, 'it was as if a celestial chorus had put on a show for an audience of one'. The book is broken down into stories of the author’s adventures and interlaced with practical tips and instructions (build your own shelters; understand stargazing; how to navigate printed maps) and much more. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - This book makes me yearn for days full of hiking and exploring, warm nights under the stars, and above all, campfires.