Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars

A hands-on, gloves-off, muddy boots illustrated activity book for young adventurers ages 7 and up, offering fun projects and adventures to build lifelong skills and knowledge about the natural world-from the host of MeatEater and bestselling author of The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival Does building forts in the living room, testing local water with a lab kit, and finding crab shells on the beach sound more fun than homework? If so, this guide is your perfect companion to endless summer days and sunny after-school afternoons in the park. Filled with advice, insights, and activities to inspire wonder and excitement about the natural world, Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars is a curious kid's treasure trove, filled to the brim with outdoor projects, skills, and adventures complete with illustrations. The book presents a ton of fun and exciting ways to get dirty in the outdoors, like: building an exploration kit navigating using the sun and stars collecting fossils and other geological wonders following animal migrations and weather patterns making your own compass growing fruits and vegetables in the backyard making your own tools and building primitive shelters fishing, hunting, and foraging for wild foods making cool art projects using natural materials A must-have guide for budding naturalists, scientists, gardeners, anglers, and foragers, Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars helps get kids out into the natural world, imparting lifelong knowledge and skills along the way.