An early scouting handbook for girls. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

A scouting manual from a precursor of the Boy Scouts of America. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

A small boy wanders off into the jungle and has many adventures. Read online at archive.org.

A book of essays and excursions of the natural world, exploring the beauty and wonder of the outdoors. Read online at archive.org... View More

This is the second edition of the author’s comprehensive collection of Indian lore and woodcraft, written by a founder of the Boy Scouts. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Francis Parkman took a tour of the western United States in 1846 which included a buffalo hunt with a band of Sioux. He recorded his adventures in this, his first book, which met with critical success. He went on to write the history of the European ... View More

An adventure story set in Alaska among the Coppermine River eskimo. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Freddy organizes a tour to visit Santa Claus at the North Pole and many adventures ensue, including the rescue of two children by the Bean farm animals and their friends. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’

Francis Parkman took a tour of the West before settling down to write his histories. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’ Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Two English boys camp out on an island in a pond.

An abridged version is available at archive.org. 

A biography of Jim Bridger, mountain man.

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.

The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip.

Belinda and her father take to the road in a house trailer

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’

A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.

The Swallows are set down on an island in a tidal estuary to explore and map it.

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A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.

The Swallows are set down on an island in a tidal estuary to explore and map it.

Trail and campfire stories of Ernest Thompson Seton, set down by his wife.... View More

Autobiography of the Canadian artist-naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.

When their houseboat is threatened a gang of boys hijacks it and sets out down the Mississippi as pirates. Read online at archive.org.... View More

There are two volumes with this title, one contains the text, the other the illustrations only.

A guide to mountain climbing technique.

The story of a cottonwood tree leads to the history of the Santa Fe Trail.

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In the summer of 1846 the author and his companions crossed the Mississippi in search of Indians and buffalo. This edition is augmented with material from the author's notebooks and the original periodical publication. Read online at Internet Archive... View More

Dick and Dorothea have come to the lake to stay with Nancy and Peggy, break in their new boat, Scarab, and help Timothy with the copper assays when all is thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Great Aunt. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Dick and Dorothea have come to the lake to stay with Nancy and Peggy, break in their new boat, Scarab and help Timothy with the copper assays when all is thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Great Aunt.

Three English boys, tired of ‘petticoat government,’ take to the woods.

Mr. Camphor is having aunt problems and calls on Freddy for help.

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The four Guthrie children are cast away on an invisible island.

Selections from Seton’s animal biographies.

Freddy and his friends start a successful animal tourism business but run into trouble on a trip to the North Pole to see Santa Claus, rescuing two children on the way. This book was originally published under the title More to and Again.... View More

An elementary school reader about camping.

Continues the adventures of Pat, Toby and Nick on Mr. Beckett’s “mile of salmon stream and five hundred acres of woods.”

A Halloween mystery for the Guthries and their friends.

Eustace Scrubb who had accompanied Edmund and Lucy on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, returns to Narnia with his schoolmate Jill Pole and is tasked by Aslan with recovering Caspian’s son, Prince Rilian. Rread online at archive.org. ... View More

An anthology of the writings of Ernest Thompson Seton, British-Canadian-American naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.

Remember, only you can prevent forest fires.

Posthumously-published work on tracking by the noted woodcraft author.

When a Boy Scout camp opens on their Happy Hunting Grounds the Potawatomi Indians vow to drive the palefaces back where they came from.

When Eddie’s cousin Priscilla joins him at science camp he is certain she will ruin it for him.

The story of a girl who goes out camping. 

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Four children in a sailboat on the Thames.

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights. Read online at archive.org.... View More

How to stay warm in the wilderness, fish without tackle, quench your thirst, avoid getting lost, and build a shelter.

Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.

Five children embarked on a seaside vacation are not expecting to find dragons.

The story of a twelve days’ hiking and expedition in the south of France.

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Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.

During a Rocky Mountain camping trip Tammy's enthusiastic picture taking becomes frustrating for her father and brother and dangerous for her. Read online at archive.org... View More

Ronald and Oliver, the twin bear cubs, go camping with Aunt Bear. Read online at Internet Archive.

A pig goes camping and canoeing.

Now you can eat the same dishes Ma served to Pa, Laura and her sisters.

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A family of ten armadillos go camping and cause quite a ruckus.

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Thirteen year old Brian is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.

Steven Kellogg tells the story of Johnny Chapman’s adventures as he sowed apple trees ahead of the westward migration of the pioneers. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Brian returns to the Canadian wilderness to record his survival skills, and finds himself in more peril than he counted on.

Lowly and Huckle camp out in the backyard.

This is a transcription of the original manuscript of Swallows and Amazons along with the original illustrations by Steven Spurrier which, aside from the dust jacket, were not used in the first edition as Ransome objected to them.

Stolen from his home, Buck is shanghaied to the Klondike gold fields. There he bonds with John Thornton. When Thornton is killed by robbers, Buck becomes the leader of the wolf pack.

A classic story of a half-dog half-wolf who is brutalized by a bad master during the Klondike gold rush, but finally finds a man he can love.

An omnibus edition of the first three books about the Bean farm animals: To and Again (Freddy Goes to Florida), More To and Again (Freddy Goes to the North Pole), and Freddy the Detective. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

On his way to visit his friends, Brian encounters a wounded dog and knows something is wrong.

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.

First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean.While most... View More