{"title":"Books by Richard Skrein","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781911641216","title":"Fifty Things to Do in the Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs seen in Sandi Toksvig's new TV series Sandi's Great British Woodland RestorationFifty savvy skills for outdoor adventurers. This trusty guide teaches you all the essential skills you need to survive in the wild, from building a shelter to making a fire. Forest school practitioner Richard Skrein shares his expertise and enthusiasm for the outdoors through easy-to-understand instructions, illustrated with captivating drawings by Maria Nilsson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into four main chapters reflecting the elemental skill sets:Earth – this chapter focuses on toolcraft, foraging and natural resources. Learn how to make a bow, arrows and a mallet; identify essential plants and trees and their medicinal properties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAir – this chapter focuses on shelters, knots, navigation and the sky. Learn the secrets of selecting the perfect wilderness camp; master knots and lashings; and discover how to read nature’s ‘GPS’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater – this chapter focuses on finding, drinking and using water, fishing and rafts. Learn how to purify water for drinking; suss out the skills needed to fashion a fishing rod; and make a sail for your handmade raft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFire – this chapter focuses on making and using fire and cooking food. Master the art of building a fire, set your own signal fire and build a Swedish fire log.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also explains the items you need to ensure your rucksack is kitted out with the best equipment for exploring. With extra tips and a rundown of useful tools, you’ll find everything you need to get out there, have an adventure and survive the great outdoors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308535034229,"sku":"9781911641216","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911641216_39648751-3495-45be-acae-0ec445f509cb.jpg?v=1786029725"},{"product_id":"9781911682578","title":"Fifty Things to Do in the Snow","description":"Icy inspiration for playing, exploring and surviving in the snow. Don’t be put off by the cold – get out there and be dazzled by the wonder of winter. With fifty projects for having fun and staying safe in the snow, you’ll never be short of ideas.Fifty Things to Do in the Snow is a playful and informative winter survival kit. Camp craft and forest school expert Richard Skrein teaches you not only to observe and admire the beauty and wonder of snow, but also how to survive in it. His projects range from practical tips on building igloos, making sledges and winter camping, to reflective, mindful ideas for observation of snowflakes, spotting winter trees and pine cones, and forest bathing adapted for winter. Filled with accompanying illustrations from artist Maria Nilsson, this latest title in the Fifty Things series will help you make the most of nature’s bountiful gifts throughout the thrilling seasons of cold and dark.Chapters:Snow Play (Sledges, Snow Forts)Snow Craft (Frozen Bubbles, Snow Lanterns)Winter Wisdom (Winter Tree ID, Forest Bathing)Winter Survival (Snow Tracking, Making Snowshoes)Snow Fires (Swedish Fire Log, Ice Fires)","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308542374261,"sku":"9781911682578","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911682578_745e34d7-fa79-4b1b-9b77-5d4bd59e881e.jpg?v=1786030245"},{"product_id":"9781911682561","title":"Fifty Things to Do with a Stick","description":"\u003cp\u003eA must-read for anyone with an adventurous spirit, a yen to whittle and chop, and a desire to get out into nature and play with sticks!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 50 achievable ideas for making and playing with sticks – all with beautiful step-by-step illustrations – make a great gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next title in Pavilion’s best-selling outdoor adventure series, Fifty Things to Do with a Stick will introduce you to the joy of making something out of almost nothing. With a few gathered twigs and sticks, start with simple ideas such as making plant markers or tent pegs and work up to constructing a lantern or woven basket. Working with wood is common to nearly every culture – it’s nature’s most adaptable raw material, malleable yet strong, and biodegradable. Until the 1960s woodworking was taught widely in schools, but since then has been in decline, robbing generations of the satisfaction of making useful things by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Skrein begins by guiding you in choosing sticks and tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour chapters with evocative illustrations take you step by step through projects to use at home; to make music and decorative objects with; to play with; and to use out and about – the perfect accompaniments to a camping trip (2020 and 2021 saw unprecedented campsite bookings in the UK, and this trend is set to continue). This is the perfect book for anyone wishing to be more self-sufficient. Find your inner explorer with these battery-free, no-emission ideas!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters include:Home Sticks: cutlery, coat hooks, brooms, candlesticksStick Craft: jewellery, weaving, mobiles, picture framesStick Play: catapults, musical sticks, magic wands, story sticksCamp Sticks: lanterns, ladders, stools, stick bread!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309092122997,"sku":"9781911682561","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781911682561_0b8ffc08-f383-4ddf-8e80-12d1f9b6b3b9.jpg?v=1786030244"},{"product_id":"9780008751517","title":"Fire","description":"From the first hearths to today’s wildfires, FIRE traces the element that helped make us human.In FIRE, writer, storyteller and outdoor educator Richard Skrein explores humanity’s enduring fascination with fire- from its role in our earliest evolution to its place in myth, ritual, craft and the climate crisis. Combining history, science, memoir and practical firecraft, Skrein examines how fire has fed, protected, transformed and challenged us across millennia.Moving through folktales, landscapes and lived experience, FIRE travels from ancient hearths and sacred ceremonies to snowy mountains, coastal fires, underground caves and modern wildfires. Along the way, Skrein reveals fire as both life-giving and dangerous: a source of warmth, nourishment, community and wonder, but also a force capable of devastation when severed from balance and right relationship.Urgent, original and richly atmospheric, FIRE is both a celebration of the flame and a timely reflection on what we have done with it. With stories, insights and practical invitations woven throughout, Richard Skrein offers readers a fresh and compelling way to think about one of the most elemental forces in human life.At once poetic and politically resonant, intimate and expansive, this is a book that invites us to come closer to the fire- and to see it anew.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367702081909,"sku":"9780008751517","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008751517_de04f03d-ce4c-40ca-8320-8a87bf31f4df.jpg?v=1786032722"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-richard-skrein.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}