When We Go Camping

Picture book, 32 pages. A family spends a beautiful day camping near a lake, exploring, climbing rocks, splashing in the lake, and telling stories around the campfire. Published in 2001 by Tundra Books.

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Summer Fun: Being

I have a younger friend whose first camping trip was during a college spring break in Minnesota -- not quite the same as a summer camping trip! 

Just being while camping implies a much slower way of experiencing the day and night and, at the same time, exploring so many different and unusual activities out in the woods.  Even camping in the backyard, with s'mores and stories around a firepit, and waking up to neighborhood sounds is a great part of summer being for children.

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Magriet Ruurs & Andrew Kiss

Both Canadian, Ruurs and Kiss are highly regarded in their fields. Ruurs is the author of over 40 children's books and speaks at schools around the world. Kiss paints realistic Canadian landscapes in oils. Ruurs and Kiss's Wild Babies was selected for Dolly Parton's 2019 Canadian Imagination Library Blue Ribbon Selections.

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