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Looking for children geared/ related game/info on hypothermia and frost bite. any ideas of some good sites?


Looking for children geared/ related game/info on hypothermia and frost bite. any ideas of some good sites?

Contact your local Red Cross, they have several books geared toward children for information on first aid, disasters, and fire safety.

Webmd.com is a very good site.

You could try going to www.amazon.com, click books and enter the following as search terms
juvenile nonfiction cold weather

I went there and saw several kids books and tapes on dealing with cold weather.

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