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Books in the Camping genre:

Hester in the Wild (1979)

A pig goes camping and canoeing.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

The Little House Cookbook (1979)

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

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Author(s): Barbara M. Walker
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Ten-Alarm Camp-Out (1983)

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

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Author(s): Cathy Warren
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Hatchet (1987)

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

Author(s): Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s): Neil Waldman

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1988

Johnny Appleseed (1988)

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

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The River (1991)

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

Author(s): Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s): Neil Waldman

Camping Out (1994)

Lowly and Huckle camp out in the backyard.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

The Swallows and the Amazons (1997)

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.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Steven Spurrier

The Call of the Wild (1999)

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.

Author(s): Jack London
Illustrator(s): Wendell Minor

White Fang (2000)

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.

Author(s): Jack London
Illustrator(s): Ed Young

The Freddy Anniversary Collection (2002)

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

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Brian’s Hunt (2003)

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

Author(s): Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s): Bruce Emmett

Buffalo and Beaver (2004)

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

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

Robinson Crusoe (2011)

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

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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