Books with title Wings, Shells, and Fur: Surviving in the Wild

With all our modern day creature comforts, it is easy to forget just how treacherous it can be in the great outdoors. 'Surviving in the Wild' looks at extreme situations where survival is at the top of the agenda and maggots are on the menu! Meet a man who amputated his own arm to survive a mountain accident, and a girl who fell from the sky and emerged alive from the rain forest. This book is packed with tips on foraging for food, building fires, making shelters, identifying dangerous animals and avoiding certain plants, as well as those that can be lifesavers. So if you're off on a leisurely hike or an extreme desert expedition, you will know what to pack, what to do if danger strikes, and how to brave the elements.

Wings, Shells, and Fur: Surviving in the Wild is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.3 and Literacy.L.3.2g. Readers learn about how certain animals use wings, shells, and fur to survive in the wild in this book with full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with “How Animals Survive" (9781477725221) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.