Wolf Cub Scout Book

by Boy Scouts of America

Boys who are in the second grade or who are 8 years old are members of a Wolf den. Working with their parents, these Scouts earn their Bobcat badge, then start along the trail to Wolf rank. The Wolf Handbook gives the 12 achievements that a boy must pass to earn the Wolf badge. It also has electives that a Wolf Cub Scout can work on to earn Arrow Points. There are chapters, too, on the Cub Scout World Conservation Award, Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Awareness Award, and Cub Scout Academics and Sports. The "Get Set for Bear" chapter helps a Wolf Cub Scout move along the advancement trail to the next rank in Cub Scouting.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Reference, Health, History

226 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[John Yelverton]

This book was a very wonderful and age appropriate guide to gaining life skills and wilderness survival skills.

[寿理 宮本]

I'm somewhat surprised by the Christian weight of the book—not so much that it's indoctrination or anything (there are alternate religious badges on offer) as much as it feels out of place when most of the rest of the handbook is actually a pretty decent "offline" activity book for younger kids* otherwise. Also, the fact that the sections on Faith are vaguely written so they can be nondenominational, but they still feel Christian-focused (specifically naming "God," *I guess* for reasons of simplicity rather than trying to shoehorn in every possibility).

The handbook was also supposed to include a removable insert about protecting against child abuse, but that got taken out of my copy. I'm also sort of surprised it was removable? It feels like that would be important to have permanently included!

On the whole, not bad, though I don't know about necessarily passing along the copy I have; it's been filled out (Akela's OK + den leader's record) and while that doesn't HURT the readability, I don't know how many others might appreciate the used-ness for the anthropological study like I did (neither my brother nor I got that far into scouting).

*The book emphasises "boys" since Cub Scouts, but lately the organisation has been more open about desegregating the genders, particularly since none of the activities and values are really THAT specific to "biological boys."

[Davy Bennet Surf]

Donating the one I used in grade school years.
I said "no" to the Weblo's.

[Heather]

Yep, this one's gonna be GOOD reading.

[Karan Johnstone]

Read through this when helping my son get his wolf badge in pack 3.

[Allyson]

The challenge here is putting my Buddhist child into a Christian society without hurting his self-esteem. We are going to try BS for a year and see if it works for him.

[Rob]

All set and ready for the new season!

[Mat Rueter]

Bobcat is the first ranking in Cub Scouts! :)