Camp Out!: The Ultimate Kids' Guide
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...
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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.School Library JournalGr 5 Up- From the backyard to the backwoods, this book is stuffed with information about gear, packing lists, where to go, what to do while you're camping, and what to do when you get back. There are 174 games, skills, projects, recipes, songs, experiments, crafts, and more to make, learn, play, and do outdoors. Activities include knot tying, campfire cooking, using a compass, marking a trail, identifying plants and animals, weather watching, and stargazing just to name a few. Line drawings give a clear picture of the instructions they represent. The book is well organized with a table of contents that gives descriptive chapter overviews and a handy index. Written on a kid's level from a kid's-eye view, this volume is perfect for would-be campers as it prepares adventurers to go into the great outdoors and have fun.-Cynde Suite, Bartow County Library System, Adairsville, GA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Introduction viiGearing UpHow to Plan and What to Pack 1Home Away from HomeSetting Up Camp 23Good GrubFun Food for Hungry Campfolk 51Camping SkillsTying Knots, Getting Around, and Staying Found 97Something's in the AirWatching the Weather 137What's Up?The Night Sky 163Backpack NaturalistExperiments and Projects 198Crafty CampingOutdoorsy Arts and Crafts 256Letting LooseCampout Fun and Games 301ExtrasWho Goes There?: Animal Tracks and Scat 332The Singing Camper's Book of Silly Songs 358Index 367
\ School Library JournalGr 5 Up- From the backyard to the backwoods, this book is stuffed with information about gear, packing lists, where to go, what to do while you're camping, and what to do when you get back. There are 174 games, skills, projects, recipes, songs, experiments, crafts, and more to make, learn, play, and do outdoors. Activities include knot tying, campfire cooking, using a compass, marking a trail, identifying plants and animals, weather watching, and stargazing just to name a few. Line drawings give a clear picture of the instructions they represent. The book is well organized with a table of contents that gives descriptive chapter overviews and a handy index. Written on a kid's level from a kid's-eye view, this volume is perfect for would-be campers as it prepares adventurers to go into the great outdoors and have fun.-Cynde Suite, Bartow County Library System, Adairsville, GA\ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.\ \
