With summer right around the corner, kids are ready for an adventurous and memory-making few months. Camping has been a family, friend, and individual fun for many generations. No matter where you're pitching a tent with your kiddos, make sure to get them excited and ready for the adventures with 25 of our top picks of camping books!
1. Llama Llama Loves Camping
Llama Llama has become an evident family favorite over the years! This book is filled with colorful illustrations that kids will be sure to engage and imagine while on their own camping trips. Enjoy reading this with them before you leave, preparing for the trip or on the first night.
2. The Little Book of Camping
This captivating book will open your little ones and imagination to camping. In an overall story highlighting the basics of camping, this is great for both skeptical and curious little minds.
3. Curious George Goes Camping
Curious George is one little monkey that everyone knows. This mischievous little monkey brings our kiddos on some crazy adventures! Curious George Goes Camping will quickly become one of the family's favorite camping books.
4. Camping Anatomy
Camping comes with more beauty than we can imagine. Camping Anatomy with prepare your kids (and face it even you) for not only camping but for understanding and connecting with nature. Camping lovers will cherish this book and learn a great deal more than just how to pitch a tent.
5. A Camping Spree With Mr. MaGee
A great book about camping that will keep your kiddos engaged. This adventurous story will keep you on edge the entire time. A Camping Spree With Mr. MaGee gets kids excited and prepared for the ups and downs of camping.
6. Camping Activity Book for Kids
This fun camping activity pack is filled with activity ideas for your entire camping trip and tribe. It's an easy read for both readers and nonreaders packed with fun activities at home and camping!
7. Oliver and Hopes Adventures Under the Stars
Oliver and Hopes Adventures Under the Stars is a story that not only provides camping adventures but also fosters your child's imagination. The characters are easy for kids to relate to and talk about!
8. Pete the Cat Goes Camping
Camping with toddlers can be so much fun. Cultivate their imagination with a cute toddler camping book with a familiar favorite - Pete the Cat. Your kids will grow their imagination with this camping story.
9. Goodnight, Campsite
Goodnight, Campsite is a book filled with gorgeous illustrations that will get even our littlest campers excited. This book features the different ways to camp and takes you through the gorgeous Big Meadow Campground.
10. Flashlight
A wordless picture book is always fun, especially when they're about something special to our kids. Making up the stories is fun for both adults and kids! These black illustrations will take you on a journey through the nighttime world of camping.
11. Toasting Marshmallows - Camping Poems
Toasting Marshmallows is filled with stories at are perfect for around the campfire at night. Your kids will love listening to these poems filled with imagery and imagination-provoking words.
12. S is for S'mores
S is for S'mores is a bit different than your regular alphabet book. This beautiful camping alphabet book focuses on the topic of camping, bringing outside knowledge into your children's understanding of the alphabet. Pictures books like these grow with your children, starting basic and ending in-depth.
13. When We Go Camping
This is a great book for younger kids. A cute camping adventure book that will pull your kiddos in and let their imaginations run wild. It's perfect for an intro to a lesson on camping!
14. Fred and Ted Go Camping
Fred and Ted Go Camping is packed with so much knowledge for our youngest little campers. From camping equipment all the way to relationships, this book is great for little minds.
15. Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
Amelia Bedelia has been a teacher and family favorite for years. Follow her on this camping conundrum and enjoy the cute story that is Amelia Bedelia.
16. Try Not to Laugh Challenge - Camping
In this hilariously entertaining book, kids will still be laughing in their sleeping bags. If you're camping with kids, taking this book is a no-brainer. During downtime and around the campfire your kids will love these jokes!
17. So Much S'more to Do
So Much S'more to Do is filled with recipes your kids will love to check out. Whether you make them or not this is one of those awesome camping books that someone will always want to look through.
18. Survivor Kid: A Practical Guide to the Wilderness
Camping safety should be a top priority with your kids and the wilderness. Survivor kid gives kids a clear and concise outlook on what to do if things go haywire. It's definitely a story to add to your collection of camping books.
19. The Tent Mouse and The RV Mouse
A spin-off of an educational favorite, The City Mouse and The Country Mouse students will love to follow these two mice on their camping adventures.
20. Claire's Camping Adventure
Make yoga a favorite campsite activity with this great camping yoga book! Your kids will love playing outdoors and then having some downtime before a nap, before bed, or just to get their camping sillies out.
21. Interactive Kids Camping Journal
This awesome kids camp journal will enable your kid's creative side throughout your entire camp trip. It can be used throughout the camping trip and also after for your kiddos to relive their camping experience.
22. Brave Little Camper
Brave Little Camper is a great first book for your camping baby. This book is filled with beautiful illustrations that will surely captivate your baby and their imagination. Read it before, during, or after your first camping trip!
23. Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail: What Will You Find?
This fun book is great to take on your camping adventures. Whether your tent camping or RV camping, your kids will be able to find some really great things in nature and learn more about them! A day of camping might consist of running around in search of bugs and the surprise magnifying glass will help with just that!
24. Camp Out! The Ultimate Kids' Guide
It doesn't really matter what your family camping trip consists of, this kids camping planner will help get your family out the door. Whether it's in the backyard or in the middle of the mountains your kids will be prepared for anything!
25. Camping Catastrophe!
Camping Catastrophe is great for students to connect with characters and easily follow the setting. Students in my classroom could not put this book down, because it was so easy to relate to!
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