Go Camping with Picture Books
My parents were (and still are) pretty cool – they’d pack all four of us up (with the dog), maybe some cousins and we’d go camping all around western PA in the summer. We had a small pop-up camper and I absolutely loved every minute of it! So I’ve created a short list of picture books about enjoying the outdoors and going camping!
- Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Kate Kiesler
- Flashlight by Lizi Boyd
- Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Mélanie Watt
- Maisy Goes Camping by Lucy Cousins
- S is for S’Mores: A Camping Alphabet by Helen Foster James
- Duck Tents by Lynne Berry, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata
- Yes, Let’s by Galen Goodwin Longstreth, illustrated by Maris Wicks
- Camp Rex by Molly Idle
- A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen
- The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and the National Parks by Bob Rosenstock, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein
- Bailey Goes Camping by Kevin Henkes
- The Down and Dirty Guide to Camping with Kids: How to Plan Memorable Family Adventures and Connect Kids to Nature by Helen Olsson