Camping books for kids

We LOVE books! We have a wall of bookshelves that are filled to the brim with books. And we STILL go to the library at least once a week to get more books. We love books that much. We have nature books, non-fiction books, Wings of Fire books, Harry Potter books, camping books, you name it! Our camping books for kids collection is growing.

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We have a list of picture books and chapter kids books about camping. We’d love to share them with you.

Camping books for kids

We have several that are our favorites and then we have several that we’ve read from the library that we really enjoyed as well.

Picture camping books for kids

Maisy Goes Camping

This is a sweet book about Maisy the mouse wanting to go camping. Her friends go along with her. They all tried to sleep in the tent. Then decided another place would be better. Great book for kids that have shorter attention spans.

Fred and Ted Go Camping

Fred and Ted went camping together. One friend had a harder time than the other. In the end they shared a great meal.

Pete the Cat goes Camping

We are big fans of Pete the Cat. We have a gazillion Pete the Cat books. This book is about Pete and his family going camping. Pete is convinced Bigfoot is out there.

Go Camping

This is a board book. It has about 2 sentences on each page. The book talks about what you might see in the woods while camping. It has a seek-n-find in the back of the book.

Turtle and Snake Go Camping

We love Turtle and Snake books. All 3 of the kids enjoy them. This book has a similar theme to “we’re going on a bear hunt”. It’s a cute book about friends sticking together.

Brave Little Camper

Super cute board book with a sound button. This is a board book. It’s about a little camper who is spending their first night in the woods. The camper meets some friends too.

Digger and Daisy Go Camping

Digger and Daisy are going camping. The whole day Digger keeps hearing noises that he thought were a bear. In the end he calmed down and fell asleep. Only for Daisy to wake up and hear a scary sound.

Camp Tiger

Camp Tiger is a cute book about a family going camping and finding a tiger. This tiger can speak too. The tiger goes on adventures with the family. The illustrations are beautiful. You really feel the story through the illustrations.

Eddie’s Tent and How to go Camping

Eddie meets a new friend on the beach. When his new friend’s dog goes missing, Eddie uses his skills to help find the missing pup.

Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping

We LOVE Scaredy Squirrel books! This book is just as amazing as the others. Scaredy Squirrel is afraid of everything including his shadow. He takes every precaution and has a plan for everything as well. He is going to try to go camping. His plan is planned perfectly…until it isn’t.

Monster and Mouse Go Camping

Monster and Mouse pack up to go camping. But on the way Monster gets hungry. When they finally find a good spot to camp, they realize they’re missing some items. And just when they think the night is ruined, they find another campsite that seemed to have everything they needed.

Goodnight Campsite

This is a super cute book about all the different types of people that you might find at the campground. It also talks about all the different types of campers you might find there as well. Written by a fellow blogger. You can find out more about the author and her blog at kidscampingbooks.com.

Llama Llama loves camping

Llama Llama and his friends go camping with his mom and grandma. One friend that goes camping with him, has a hard time not using his gadgets. It talks about listening to the sounds of nature, making food over fire, sleeping in tents and that camping is fun without gadgets. Parents, If you are hoping to get to rap to this book, it’s not as rhyming-like as the others. 😉

A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee

Mr. Magee and his dog Dee go on a camping trip. They encounter a bear that cannot see well. There are some difficult times, but in the end all is well. It’s such a cute story that my kids have read countless times to each other.

Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping

Another cute Amelia Bedelia book. This time they are going camping. When Mr. Rogers says pitch the tent… you can imagine what happened. When they ask her to put pinecone on the fire and put on the coffee… well you can imagine what happened. Another silly book that also ends well.

One Summer Up North

This story is a picture book…without words. Which means that you make up the story to go along with the pictures!!! My boys love these kinds of books. They get to tell me a story. The story “appears” to be about a small family with a kiddo that doesn’t want to be there. Once they start their adventures, the kiddo gets excited and truly enjoys themselves out in the wilderness.

Chapter books about camping for kids

The UnderDogs Unhappy Camper

This is one of the books in the Underdog series. Harley keeps getting distracted by all the critters ont he camping trip. She is messing things up and annoying some campers. But some campers are trying to cheer her up. Peanut is determined to help Harley get more focused and have fun.

Owl Diaries: Eva’s Campfire Adventure

If you have a kiddo who likes the Owl Diaries series, this is sure to be a good fit for them. Eva and her classmates are going camping. Some find clues to a treasure hunt story their teacher told them about. Everyone was on board to find the treasure but they forgot all about the projects they were supposed to make. The whole class has to work together in order to solve the treasure hunt clues.

The Campground Kids Series

My daughter really likes these. It’s about kids getting to visit the National Parks. Sometimes they are tent camping and sometimes they are “glamping” which to them is camping in an RV. Cute series with fun, adventure, a little danger and National Park trivia. It’s a major win in our book. 😉

The National Park Mystery Series

These are fictional mystery kids books. I added it here because they are fun books about 2 of the Colorado National Parks. The author is a Colorado local. His website is dayhikesneardenver.com.

Conclusion

These are the camping books for kids that we have read and enjoyed. I’m sure there are a ton more that I didn’t mention.

Please let us know in the comments which camping books you or your kids have enjoyed. We’d love to add to this list.

Happy Trails.