The Kids Campfire Book: Official Book of Campfire Fun

by Jane Drake, Ann Love, Heather Collins (Illustrator)

Overview

This book in the Family Fun series has everything you need to know about having a fun and safe campfire. This collection of outdoor activities, games, stories, songs and more is for kids and families to share around the campfire. It includes tips on how to find the best campfire site, identify animal cries at night and locate constellations. Kids will also find out how to make pizza over an open fire, tell a spooky ghost story, or create musical instruments for a sing-along. With more than 125 pages of fun things to do around a campfire, this is the perfect book for every camper, canoeist and camp counsellor!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550745399
Publisher:	Kids Can Press, Limited
Publication date:	02/28/1998
Series:	Family Fun Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.37(h) x 0.37(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Ann Love, with her co-author and sister Jane Drake, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works always have an environmental flavor. Ann lives in the Toronto area.

Jane Drake, with her co-author and sister Ann Love, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works usually have an environmental flavor. Jane lives in Toronto.

Heather Collins has been illustrating children's books for more than 20 years. Her body of work includes many nonfiction books, such as the award-winning A Pioneer Story and Out Came the Sun. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her husband and two children.

Editorial Reviews

Whether readers are novice or experienced campers, the information presented in this in-depth exploration of camping will make their next excursions into the woods enjoyable, successful, and safe.—Booklist

The Kids Campfire Book will be dog-eared by the end of the summer. From starting the campfire to eating, game playing, singing, storytelling and finally dousing the fire's last embers, this illustrated, instructional book tells camp leaders and parents everything they need to know about creating the right spark for campfire fun.—Ottawa Citizen

Families who camp, school classes that make treks to outdoor sites, and scout and youth group leaders will find this book to be a detailed compendium for safe, environmentally friendly, and joyous campfire experiences. No other current title offers so much information about creating a successful evening in camp.—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

This publication deserves its billing as the book of official campfire fun. Every phase of a campfire is occasion for a great variety of activity, starting with "The Spark." It is also impressed on kids that these activities require adult supervision and warns that ordinances regarding open fires vary by community. Picking the right site, collecting wood and building campfire furniture and utensils get everyone started on the right foot. As the fire heats up, pit dinners and reflector ovens present a new range of options. Marshmallows are toasted over the last embers, accompanied by campfire songs. This is a delightful book that is well thought out and serves as a great source of ideas for the backyard or campground. It is well illustrated with numerous charcoal-style drawings that are fun and informative. Kids Can Press,

Children's Literature - Kristin Harris

Gr 4 UpFamilies who camp, school classes that make treks to outdoor sites, and scout and youth group leaders will find this book to be a detailed compendium for safe, environmentally friendly, and joyous campfire experiences. Guidance is offered for selecting a location; creating wax firestarters (with adult guidance); and building, burning, and dousing campfires. Tips for seating, singing, cooking, storytelling, and conducting science demonstrations are included; fire, hatchet, knife, and cooking safety are given good coverage. Special features include making cooking utensils out of green wood, identifying night sounds, observing and identifying creatures by the shape and glow of their eyes, and both beautiful and silly songs complete with guitar cords. Peppy black-and-white pencil sketches appear throughout. No other current title offers so much information about creating a successful evening in camp.Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH

School Library Journal

Whether readers are novice or experienced campers, the information presented in this in-depth exploration of camping will make their next excursions into the woods enjoyable, successful, and safe.

Booklist

The Kids Campfire Book will be dog-eared by the end of the summer. From starting the campfire to eating, game playing, singing, storytelling and finally dousing the fire’s last embers, this illustrated, instructional book tells camp leaders and parents everything they need to know about creating the right spark for campfire fun.

Ottawa Citizen