The Ultimate Survival Handbook

Name: The Ultimate Survival Handbook
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781783129805
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Survive in the wild, in the city and online!

By Andy McNab

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The Ultimate Survival Handbook by Andy McNab is a thrilling guide designed for young readers eager to learn essential survival skills. The book combines fascinating anecdotes with practical instructions suitable for various challenging environments. Its engaging format encourages children to become equipped, confident, and prepared for adventures both real and imagined.
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A children's survival guide from ex-SAS author Andy McNab. Includes authentic and useful tips for kids' survival and safety with a 360-degree emphasis on survival in three key environments for today's modern reader: in the wild, urban survival and cyber-safety.

The first children's survival guide from world-famous ex-SAS author Andy McNab has a 360-degree emphasis on survival in three key environments for today's modern reader: in the wild, urban survival and cyber-safety.

Description

Learn crucial survival skills from world-famous ex-SAS author and survival expert Andy McNab. If you want to be ready for the outdoors, street-smart in the city, and even safe online, this book will show you how!

Find out the best way to set up a camp, safely start a campfire, find your bearings, search for food and water and stay safe in the great outdoors. As well as crucial basics for camping and hiking, readers will discover what to do about more unusual events including escaping quicksand, tsunamis and wild animal attacks.

This book also features a guide to urban survival how to stay safe in the city, avoid stranger danger, find your way around any urban environment, and how to manage any emergency. Plus, with years of military-grade security experience, Andy also gives crucial tips on staying safe online. Discover how to make an unbreakable password, how to hide your identity from trolls and scammers, and how to banish cyber-bullies.

Ex-SAS Sergeant Andy McNab became the UK's most decorated soldier, and is the author of best-selling fiction including Bravo Two Zero. With years of experience of surviving the world's most gruelling situations, Andy delivers hard-won advice in clear and simple language, with lots of practical tips, visual references and anecdotes from his own survival experience. This is the fun, simple and 100% authentic realworld survival guide that every young reader needs!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783129805

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books

Illustration: illus & photos

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 144

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Andy McNab is a former British Army infantry soldier whose books have sold more than 15 million copies to date.

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