Wolf Cub Scout Book

by The Boy Scouts of America

Book by Boy Scouts of America Staff

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Reference, Health, History

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[John Yelverton · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 Bennett]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

All set and ready for the new season!

[Mat Rueter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bobcat is the first ranking in Cub Scouts! :)