Get Outdoors

Brilliant Boredom Busters for Kiwi Kids

Paul Adamson

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Mighty Ape

This book has so many ideas to get your body moving and your brain inventing, you'll be out the door and off on adventures before you know it!

From the author of the award-winning Beginner's Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand, Get Outdoors is full of fun ideas to get your body moving and your brain inventing.

Select an activity from between the covers and you can...

Launch a rocket * explore the great outdoors * jump on a bike * fly a kite * build an epic fort * grow something green * fossick in a creek * explore the rocky shore * make nature art * swim and snorkel * hunt for bugs * take pictures * create a backyard obstacle course * pitch a tent * sleep under the stars

... and so much more!

With all the all the fabulous ideas, projects and activities in this book you'll never get bored out of doors!

Published: 5 October 2022
ISBN: 9780143774808
Imprint: Puffin
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
RRP: $35.00

Categories:

Young readers non-fiction

About the author

Paul Adamson

Paul Adamson is the author of two non-fiction books for children, the award-winning Beginners Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand (2014) and Get Outdoors (2022), both of which share his enthusiasm for the great outdoors and encourage readers and their families to get active and have adventures. Paul has a BA in Education and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, has worked as an educator, a school principal and counsellor, and is currently Head of Guidance at Wairarapa College. He is an expert on boys in education and has spoken on the subject at several international conferences. He imparted his love of the outdoors to his sons James and Tom, and now enjoys putting in time with grandchildren Archie and Willow. Paul lives with his wife Suzie on their olive grove in Masterton with their chooks, ducks and labradors Pip and Elsie.

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Praise for Get Outdoors

A compendium of just about anything Aotearoa kids can do in the outdoors, from making a tree fort in their own backyard to stepping outside their comfort zone on foot, by bike or in the water. Loaded with practical tips.
Ann Packer, NZ Listener 50 Best Kids' Books

The author, Paul Adamson - former principal and counsellor, current Head of Guidance at Wairarapa College, bonafide nature lover - wrote Beginners Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand, which my townie son is obsessed with, so he eagerly grabbed this book from my hands. He pored over every word, which canvassed making a wooden pallet fort, taking a decent photo in nature, a recipe for seaweed fertiliser, tips on collecting rocks, and how to catch fish. There’s even a whole chapter dedicated to making things that fly. ...[I]t’s great to see a specifically Aotearoa outdoors book using words such as kaitiaki (nature guardian), manu aute (kites), kaimoana (seafood) and making the most of our natural flora and fauna (hello, paua fritters and building a weta hotel). Get Outdoors’ design is excellent: it’s easy to read and navigate, and is colourful, crisp and clear, illustrated with stunning photos of the landscape we’re so blessed to live in. A perfect Christmas gift for the alleged screen addict in your life.
Stacey Anyan, NZ Booklovers

Highly recommended...From the photo of the slightly open tent on the cover, right to the very last page, this book invites us to leap into a world of adventure.
Carola Crawford, Read NZ - The School Library

A marvellous manual...A compendium of just about anything kids can do in the outdoors, from making a tree fort in their own backyard to stepping outside their comfort zone on foot, by bike or in the water. Loading the book with practical tips from finding and maintaining the right gear to foraging for snacks, the Wairarapa College head of guidance has done it all himself and lived to tell the tale.
Ann Packer, NZ Listener