Camp Out!: The Ultimate Kids' Guide [Paperback]

Lynn Brunelle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2007 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

Bear bags, wilderness showers, and telling the temperature by counting the cricket chirps...

Whether you're planning an over night in the backyard or a weekend in the wilderness, this book is packed with stuff to know. The basics, from gearing up to choosing a site to building a tarp tent. Tasty outdoor recipes: Solar Oven Pizza, Chow Down Chili and s' more's of course—with 8 variations.

Plus: how to keep a Field Journal, exploring the nighttime sky, creepy campfire stories, and when it's time to go home, leaving no trace. It's everything you need to pick up and head for the hills.

For Ages 7 and up.

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Bear bags, wilderness showers, and telling the temperature by counting the cricket chirps...

Whether you're planning an over night in the backyard or a weekend in the wilderness, this book is packed with stuff to know. The basics, from gearing up to choosing a site to building a tarp tent. Tasty outdoor recipes: Solar Oven Pizza, Chow Down Chili and s' more's of course—with 8 variations.

Plus: how to keep a Field Journal, exploring the nighttime sky, creepy campfire stories, and when it's time to go home, leaving no trace. It's everything you need to pick up and head for the hills.

For Ages 7 and up. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Lynn Brunelle, a four-time Emmy Award–winning writer for "Bill Nye the Science Guy," is the author of Pop Bottle Science and Camp Out!. She lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with her husband and two children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (July 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761141227
• ISBN-13: 978-0761141228
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Camping
  • #44 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Camping

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource book for kids camping, September 12, 2007

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Shelley C. Blackwell "book bug" (Marysvale, Utah) - See all my reviews
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I am using a camping theme in my 3rd-4th classroom this year. I saw this book on Amazon and decided to give it a try. It was all that I hoped it would be plus a lot more. The book is packed with pratical ideas for kids to use to prepare to go camping as well as while they are camping. The book is a permanent fixture on my desk and the kids and I are using it as a reference all through the day.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dirty shoes build smart brains., October 1, 2007

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Clay Ehlers - See all my reviews
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This is a great book that will spark many wonderful experiences with my daughter. For sure 5 stars!!
Major sections include activities, crafts, nature, and cooking. This was a logical organization, but as the father of a younger child I think it would have been nice to have some guidance and organization by age appropriateness.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had this book when I was a kid!, February 8, 2008

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M. Miller (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Camp Out!: The Ultimate Kids' Guide (Paperback)

Camp Out! is full of creative and informative lessons and fun activities. Truly a unique book. Any kid from video game addict to natural born scout will find this book engaging! it contains kid-level explanations without talking down to kid-level. As an adult I enjoyed reading this book and felt the cartoons weren't too cutesy. Good for both boys and girls.