This is the first book that came to mind. This is my favorite outdoor skills book, and I still tend to re-read, or at least re-skim, every year or two.
It's more of a wilderness survival book, covering fire starting and shelter building. But many skills shown in the book will translate to homesteading. There are whole chapters devoted to knife use, axe use, safely felling trees, and how to butcher rabbits and make things from rabbit hide.
