Reddit reviews The Survival Handbook: Essential Skills for Outdoor Adventure

As far as edible plants goes, I've enjoyed this one. It covers all of North America, which I find to be a plus.

This one is a general survival handbook that I've enjoyed quite a bit, although it is physically a much larger book than the military field guides are. What it lacks in portability it more than makes up for in scope. The illustrations are VERY well done, and it is streamlined to be easily absorbed in case you need to use the information.

Haha well I could do that. However, I'm 30 and reasonably intelligent (maybe a bit ADHD) and even I have trouble understanding Kochanski sometimes. There is a lot of advanced stuff in there that might be difficult for an absolute beginner. And the layout of the book is frustrating- illustrations that fit the text 2-3 pages before or after it, so it looks out of context, or different names/words from the paragraph used to describe the illustration, so only through careful reading of the paragraph a page or two ahead or behind, can you decipher what matches together.

I'd prefer something that has nice color illustrations that would catch the eye and make it a little more exciting. I also have this book: https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Handbook-Essential-Outdoor-Adventure/dp/0756690382/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523485548&sr=1-3&keywords=essential+survival+manual

...which has awesome illustrations, and some bushcraft type stuff, but isn't specifically geared to bushcraft. It's also very big and heavy, so I wondered what other books people could recommend.