New for Spring/Summer 2008 from SKIPSTONE:

Welcome to Skipstone, the outdoor lifestyle imprint
of Mountaineers Books

Skipstone promotes a DEEPER connection to our natural world, whether through PHYSICAL activity, exhilarating ADVENTURE, tongue-in-cheek HUMOR, or sustainable PRACTICE. Our readers LIVE SMART, play well, and engage in the COMMUNITY around them.

Skipstone titles explore our lifestyles, from PLAYFUL and light-hearted endeavors, such as sledding or watching a DOG swim, to more PROVOCATIVE (and, hopefully, PROACTIVE) concerns regarding the maintenance of our PLANET, as well as our own BACKYARDS. The simple PLEASURES of unstructured outdoor fun; the rewards of HEALTH and fitnesss; ORGANIC gardening; SUSTAINABLE kitchens; RECYCLED crafts; realistic and DOABLE conservation; MODERN aspirations for community — Skipstone brings a natural wonder, WISDOM, and wit to these AGELESS, and of-the-age, topics.

Evocative, yet RECOGNIZABLE, Skipstone books inspire the young and YOUNG-AT-HEART to effect CHANGE without losing a sense of humor, to celebrate the FREEDOM and BEAUTY of a life outdoors, and to move FORWARD with gentle leaps or BREATHTAKING bounds.

Skipstone encourages us all to LIVE LIFE and MAKE RIPPLES.

Introduced in the 2007 Fall/Winter Season,
these are the titles currently on the Skipstone list:

Wake Up and Smell the Planet
The Non-Pompous, Non-Preachy Grist Guide to Greening Your Day

Backcountry Betty
Roughing it in Style

The Sled Book
Notes Concerning Winter's Favorite Pastime

Unleashed
Climbing Canines, Hiking Hounds, Fishing Fidos, and Other Daring Dogs

The Road Trip Pilgrim
Witchdoctors, Magic Tokens, Camping in Golf Courses, and Everything Else You Need to Know to Go on a Pilgrimage