Camp Out!: The Ultimate Kids' Guide from the Backyard to the Backwoods

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 07/01/2007
ISBN: 9780761141228
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.90d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 08/06/2007 pg. 192
School Library Journal 02/01/2008 pg. 132