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Survival & Wilderness Books for Ages 4–7 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Survival & Wilderness Books for Ages 4–7

Survival at picture book age means the character who gets lost in the woods and has to find their way back, or the animal who faces a storm and makes it through. These 759 books introduce the genre's core appeal: the thrill of danger and the relief of making it.

759 books

Cover of Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect Themselves

Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect Themselves

From poisonous skin and clever camouflage to life in a protective group, animals use a wild variety of methods to stay s

Cover of Ghost Hands: A Story Inspired by Patagonia's Cave of the Hands

Ghost Hands: A Story Inspired by Patagonia's Cave of the Hands

A young hunter named Auki must protect his people's sacred painter from a puma to prove he is ready to join the men in t

Cover of Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer

Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer

Deborah Kogan Ray

One arm and a thousand miles of churning river water couldn't stop John Wesley Powell from conquering 500 rapids in his

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Cover of Las aves rapaces (Birds of Prey)

Las aves rapaces (Birds of Prey)

Maria Angels Julivert

Eagles, vultures, and other fierce hunters take to the sky in this look at the life cycles and habitats of the world's m

Cover of Quicksand Book, The

Quicksand Book, The

While a girl sinks deeper into a pit, a boy gives a detailed lecture on the science, location, and survival of quicksand

Cover of Bone Man: A Native American Modoc Tale, The

Bone Man: A Native American Modoc Tale, The

Armed with courage, a young Modoc boy named Nulwee hunts a giant skeleton creature to save his village and restore the p

Cover of Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

On My Own History

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

Peter Roop, Connie Roop

Stranded by a massive storm in 1856, a brave girl must tend the lamps of two Maine lighthouses alone for four weeks in t

Cover of A Tale Of Two Siblings

A Tale of Two Siblings #1

A Tale Of Two Siblings

Two siblings lost in the woods must rely on their wits to escape a gingerbread house in this famous 1812 German fairy ta

Cover of Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog

Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog

James heads north toward freedom with his hunting dog Zeus, discovering that the animal he feared would give him away is

Cover of Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish

Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish

An ochre sea star survives a seagull attack and hunts in the tide pools, showing how these resilient creatures can even

Cover of Here Is the Arctic Winter

Here Is the Arctic Winter

Madeline Dunphy

Rhythmic text and icy paintings reveal how polar bears and snowy owls thrive within the deep shadows of the frozen north

Cover of How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark

How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark

Rosalyn Schanzer

Actual diary entries from Lewis and Clark pair with folk-art illustrations to reveal the plants, animals, and landscapes

Cover of At Home with the Gopher Tortoise: The Story of a Keystone Species

At Home with the Gopher Tortoise: The Story of a Keystone Species

Madeleine Dunphy

Hundreds of animals rely on a single tortoise for survival, using its deep underground burrow as a vital sanctuary for f

Cover of Listen to the Language of the Trees

Listen to the Language of the Trees

Deep beneath the forest floor, trees use a complex social network to share food and send warnings to one another in a hi

Cover of The Barn Owl

Follow a pair of endangered owls through a year in an old barn as they hunt, mate, and raise their young in this beautif

Cover of A Puppy Named Gih

A Puppy Named Gih

Meet Gih, the most energetic pup in a litter of Alaskan sled dogs, as he learns the commands and hard work required to l

Cover of Desert Girl; Monsoon Boy

Desert Girl; Monsoon Boy

Across the landscapes of India, two families flee opposing extremes of water and drought in a lyrical search for a safe

Cover of Animals in Winter

Animals in Winter

Henrietta Bancroft, Richard G. Van Gelder

Wildlife survives the cold in surprising ways, from traveling long distances to sleeping deep underground, with tips on

Cover of Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic

Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic

Robert Burleigh

Flying alone through the midnight dark of 1932, Amelia Earhart battles danger and doubt on her historic solo flight acro

Cover of Thunder Birds: Nature's Flying Predators

Thunder Birds: Nature's Flying Predators

Massive birds of prey leap off the page through life-sized acrylic paintings and giant fold-out spreads that show exactl

Cover of Iceberg Rescue

Houghton Mifflin Leveled Readers

Explorer Louise Boyd must use her wits and experience to find a way to free her ship, the Veslekari, from the grip of th

Cover of Kayuktuk: An Arctic Quest

Kayuktuk: An Arctic Quest

Young Aknik embarks on a vital Arctic quest to prove his hunting skills and earn his place as a man within his tribe.

Cover of Two Coyotes

Two coyotes face a desperate, bone-chilling search for food as they fight to survive a bitter eastern winter along the f

Cover of Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

Vera B. Williams

A red canoe carries a family downriver for three days of paddling, pitching tents, and sleeping under the stars.

Survival & Wilderness for Other Ages

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