Something a bit different for you today
A Survival Handbook From SAS Hero
And champion of reading
Andy McNab

Ultimate Survival Handbook Survive In The Wild, In The City and Online!

This is a handbook
Designed for middle grade readers
But also incredibly helpful
For most grown ups
The Ultimate Survival Handbook
Designed to teach young readers
How to survive in the wild
In the city and online

My home educated 12 year old twins
Are pretty knowledgeable about the wild
They spend a lot of time in the great outdoors
They can build and light a fire
Cook on the fire
They enjoy walking and camping
Whittling and working with tools
My husband is very good at
Making sure they can use a compass
Read a map
Wear proper levels of clothing
And have respect for the wild
And the world around them

As a sailing family
Who love to spend time
On and in the water
We talk about currents
Riptides
And we have practised
Man overboard procedures
We always wear life jackets
Carry rope with us
I think they are pretty savvy
And knowledgeable
When it comes to
British beaches, lakes
Woodlands and hills
But of course there is
Always more to learn

But what I love about this book
Is it teaches children about
Survival at home
In different medical scenarios
Urban emergency situations
And a world they really
Do not yet know at all
Online

This book is packed with facts
Teeming with tips
And provides an
Armoury of advice
For tweens and teens
Growing up in our modern world

I have learned loads
Reading through this with the twins

This book is not just about
Keeping safe
Preventing accidents
Or getting out of sticky situations
It is about protecting your mind
In different scenarios
I love the mental health focus
It is something we do not
Talk about enough with
Our young people

Andy McNab covers so much
In this handbook
From the terrifying prospect of
Bear attacks and avalanches
To performing CPR and
Treating shock

From forming a
Family fire response plan
To how to deal with
Peer pressure
From what to if you are
Stuck in a lift
Trapped in a car
(a recurring nightmare of mine!)
Or getting crushed in a crowd

This book talks about bullying
Cyberbullying
What to do if you are robbed
Or being followed
And it also shares with
Young readers how to
Stay safe online and
Especially on social media

This is a real world survival guide
It opens up young readers eyes
To different situations people
Might find themselves in
Some are more common
And likely than others
All make for fascinating
Informative reading
This is definitely a book
I want my children to have
Available to them
We live in a time where
We need to know how
To survive the wild
To stay safe in urban areas
And how to protect ourselves online
This handbook deals with it all

I would recommend reading this
Alongside sensitive children
I can imagine my daughters
Feeling scared to go into a town
After reading a chapter
Listing all the things that
Might happen to you while
You are there

This is a helpful handy guide
A great resource for our home ed
I will build some lessons using this text
On City Safety and online identity
And we will have a go at making
Our own guides showing others
How to survive in the wild
In the city and online

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To find out more about
Andy McNab’s Ultimate Survival Handbook