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

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.

Lynn Brunelle, a four-time Emmy Award–winning writer forBill Nye the Science Guy, is the author ofPop Bottle ScienceandCamp Out!She lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with her husband and two children.

Introduction

Chapter 1:Gearing Up
How to Plan and What to Pack

Chapter 2:Home Away From Home
Setting Up Camp

Chapter 3:Good Grub
Fun Food for Hungry Campfolk

Chapter 4:Camping Skills
Tying Knots, Getting Around, and Staying Found

Chapter 5:Somethings in the Air
Watching the Weather

Chapter 6:Whats Up?
The Night Sky

Chapter 7:Backpack Naturalist
Experiments and Projects

Chapter 8:Crafty Camping
Outdoorsy Arts and Crafts

Chapter 9:Letting Loose
Campout Fun and Games

Extras:
Who Goes There?: Animal Tracks and ScentThe Singing Campers Book of Silly Songs