Activity-Specific Books
Categories include Camping How-To, Camping Activities, Camping Recipes, Backpacking & Hiking, Climbing, Snowsports.
Education-Related Books
Categories include Education, Journals, Nature Activities.
Travel and Guidebooks
Categories include Travel and Guidebooks,
Storybooks
Stories to inspire your kids to go outside and have adventures!
Books with diverse characters indicated with ★, many of which came from this list on OutsideOnline.
| Title | Author | Category | Diversity? | Year | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiking Day | Anne Rockwell and Lizzy Rockwell | Storybooks | ★ | 2018 | |
| We are Brothers | Yves Nadon and Jean Claverie | Storybooks | ★ | 2018 | |
| A Beach Tail | Karen Lynn Williams and Floyd Cooper | Storybooks | ★ | 2010 | |
| The Hike | Allison Farrell | Storybooks | ★ | 2019 | |
| The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | Storybooks | ★ | 1976 | |
| Where's Rodney? | Carmen Bogan and Floyd Cooper | Storybooks | ★ | 2017 | |
| The Camping Trip | Jennifer K. Mann | Storybooks | ★ | 2020 | |
| Hike | Pete Oswald | Storybooks | ★ | 2020 | |
| Owl Moon | Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr | Storybooks | 1987 | ||
| The Journey Home | Alison Lester | Storybooks | 1991 | ||
| Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping | Peggy Parish and Lynn Sweat | Storybooks | 2003 | ||
| Bailey Goes Camping | Kevin Henkes | Storybooks | 1997 | ||
| The Berenstain Bears Blaze a Trail | Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain | Storybooks | 1987 | ||
| Caillou Goes Camping | Roger Harvey and Eric Sévigny | Storybooks | 2012 | ||
| Camping Out | Mercer Mayer | Storybooks | 2002 | ||
| A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee | Chris Van Dusen | Storybooks | 2003 | ||
| The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks | Barb Rosenstock and Mordicai Gerstein | Storybooks | 2012 | ||
| Curious George Goes Camping | Margret Rey and H. A. Rey | Storybooks | 1999 | ||
| Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? | Carmela LaVigna Coyle | Storybooks | |||
| Fred and Ted Go Camping | Peter Eastman | Storybooks | 2005 | ||
| In the Woods | Elizabeth Spurr | Storybooks | 2012 | ||
| Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night | Cynthia Rylant and Suçie Stevenson | Storybooks | 1999 | ||
| Maisy Goes Camping | Lucy Cousins | Storybooks | 2009 | ||
| Martha Speaks: Campfire Stories | Jamie White | Storybooks | 2013 | ||
| My First Hike | Catherine Maria Woolf | Storybooks | 2008 | ||
| OLIVIA Goes Camping | Alex Harvey and Jared Osterhold | Storybooks | 2011 | ||
| P. J. Funnybunny Camps Out | Marilyn Sadler and Roger Bollen | Storybooks | 1994 | ||
| S is for S'mores | Helen Foster James and Lita Judge | Storybooks | 2007 | ||
| Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping | Melanie Watt | Storybooks | 2021 | ||
| Stella and Roy Go Camping | Ashley Wolff | Storybooks | 1999 | ||
| Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe | Vera B. Williams | Storybooks | 1984 | ||
| When We Go Camping | Sally Sutton | Storybooks | 2017 | ||
| When We Go Camping | Margriet Ruurs and Andrew Kiss | Storybooks | 2004 | ||
| Squirrels on Skis | J. Hamilton Ray | Storybooks | 2013 | ||
| Sonder the Snow Snake | Annie B. Fox | Storybooks | 2012 | Review by Brave Ski Mom | |
| Fresh Snow | Natasha Wing | Storybooks | |||
| Here Come the Little Rippers | Rebecca Munsterer | Storybooks | 2013 | ||
| The Little Rippers, Volume 2. Go West, Little Rippers | Rebecca Munsterer | Storybooks | 2015 | ||
| The Adventures of Monty the Marmot: Monty Goes Skiing | Richard Liddle | Storybooks | 2013 | Review by Brave Ski Mom |