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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Thank you for these links. I am glad to be able to have them on my kindle for those times when my son can’t remember where he put his book and we have to go to a meeting! 😉 Mama doesn’t lose her Kindle.
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Do you think they will clearance out the old books for anyone who might want to use them for personal or supplemental purposes??
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Fortunately, I was able to find copies of the handbooks. They’ll only be used until next May, but hopefully, having them online will help your families this year!
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bear handbook pdf and wolf links do not work (english)
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Oh, my! Thanks so much for letting me know. I talked to someone at the national BSA office, and I don’t we’re going to get them back. 🙁 But I’ll keep an eye out just in case we do.
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This is so helpful! Thank you for posting.
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You’re welcome!
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Thanks for posting the legitimate book links. Many at the Council office thought they were illegal until I showed them one that I had found on scouting.org but because of their url labeling system, I could never find the other Den books and had to resort to getting them from other Packs or Councils that had made private pdfs and I never felt good about handing those out to parents who can’t afford books. Appreciate you sharing this, and passed it along to those in need.
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So glad it was helpful. Yes, I was a bit worried about that too, but since they were on scouting.org, I knew it was ok to share.
I never want money to be the reason a boy isn’t a Cub Scout, so thank you for passing this on! And thanks for reading!
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I can understand why BSA would want you to stop offering the pdf downloads. But, if the pdfs are availble on Scouting.org, I can imagine it would be all right to post links to those. Do you have links to those you can post for us CubScoutIdea fans? Thanks.
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Hi, David! Thanks so much for being a fan. BSA has removed the pdfs from their site as well. 🙁
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That sucks. I’m sure they raised a stink about your links and removed the PDFs from their site as well because it meant they weren’t turning a profit from it. That is really selfish considering they have plenty of money for what they need, but there are so many families that struggle with the registration fees, pack dues, uniform expenses, and other activity costs, and yes, even the handbooks. Especially the parents with multiple kids. It can greatly affect a family’s financial situation enough to just drop out of scouts altogether. But BSA doesn’t care about all that. They just want to keep getting rich. We just put our son into scouts and I hope my personal opinion and wallet don’t make me change my mind later.
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It was nice to be able to print a 8.5 by 11 copy of the book. It was easier for my son to read and also nice for teaching from.
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Thanks for the PDFs on the handbooks I’m the COR and sometimes I get questions directed towards me and need to look up something but I don’t need to purchase all 4 books, these really come in handy for looking up a quick answer to a question…..
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You know, I never thought about someone like a COR or even a CM or CC who might need to look something up for a rank they don’t work with! I’m going to share that idea on social media! Thanks for the heads up and for reading!
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COR in Cub Scouts? Check the Guide to Advancement; there are no Courts of Review in Cub Scouting.
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Hi, Sam! By COR, we mean Chartered Organization Representative, not Courts of Review.
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