How to Get Your Cub Scout Handbooks Online
Did you know that Cub Scout handbooks are available online? Find out how to get them as well as why a leader should have an electronic copy.
Electronic Versions of Cub Scout Handbooks
People often search for a pdf or electronic version of the Cub Scout handbooks, so I’m excited to tell you that Scouting America has made the handbooks available in a Kindle version.
I love the fact that the new Cub Scout handbooks downloads are now available! As a Cub Scout parent, it’s great to be able to look up a requirement quickly.
And as a den leader, you can make sure you’ve covered all of the requirements if you don’t have your Cub Scout book handy.
Whether you’re a Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, or Arrow of Light den leader or parent, having the scout book handy is a great benefit.
Now, I don’t believe that these should take the place of the hard copy of the book for the Scouts, but it’s great to have the information available at your fingertips.
You can order the
| Electronic Lion Handbook | Electronic Tiger Handbook |
| Electronic Wolf Handbook | Electronic Bear Handbook |
| Electronic Webelos Handbook | Electronic Arrow of Light Handbook |
Physical Copies of Cub Scout Handbooks
You can purchase physical handbooks at your local Scout Shop or from the online Scout Shop if you don’t have yours already. Below are the links to the 2024 copies of the handbooks.
I don’t recommend purchasing a physical handbook from Amazon. Most of the physical handbooks being sold on Amazon are through third party sellers, and many of them are still selling the old handbooks.You want to make sure you get the new 2024 Cub Scout handbooks.
You may want to grab a handbook cover. They work great for protecting your child’s handbook.
Yours in Scouting,
Sherry
68 responses
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Great resource that Unit Commissioners should forward to their units.
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I believe that the above linked PDF for the Wolf Handbook is outdated. The hard copy handbook that we bought at the scout shop has many more achievements listed.
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Hi, there! I just compared the online version to the copy that I bought for my son at the beginning of this summer, and I didn’t see any differences. The version I have is copyright 2003 and is a 2011 printing.
Can you let me know what the differences are? I want to make sure that what I have is correct. You can either reply here or email me at [email protected].
Thanks so much for letting me know!
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Thanks for these links! I was able to copy the Wolf handbook to my son’s tablet, now he can read it anytime he wants and he loves that.
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What a great idea! I didn’t even think about putting the books on the boys’ tablets. Thanks so much for sharing!
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Sherry,,,
THANK YOU SO MUCH,,,
I took your advise and did a right click… “save target as”… and IT WORKED!
Thank you , thank you!
This means a lot to several families in our Pack!
Sincerely,
Jean F
Cub Master Pack 438-
Great! So glad I could help.
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Are these links to a downloadable PDF handbooks still working? Sometimes my PC is quirky… but I’m not able to view any of the books….
I would LOVE to be able to have an online view of each of the books. I have several families in my pack, that cannot afford to purchase new books every year… Would LOVE to be able to print off sample pages for those families!~
I just signed myself up, I’m looking forward to scouting around your web site, and learning new things!
thank you!!
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Hi, Jean! Yes, they’re still working for me. Are you clicking on the links before the “P.S.” or the ones after? If you’re clicking on the ones above the P.S.” and they aren’t working for you, try this.
Instead of left clicking on the link, try right clicking. Then select “save link as.” A box will pop up asking you where you want to save the file. Hopefully, that will work for you!
Let me know if this works for you.
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Thank you for your ideas. I’m a cub master and love finding new things for the boys.
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Glad I could help! And I would love to hear about things you’re doing in your pack that are working well. Thanks in advance!
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