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Camp Shady Crook
By Lee Gjertsen Malone
New York: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2019. Fiction. 279 pages.

Budding con artists Archie and Vivien spend a summer at a dilapidated, mismanaged Vermont camp competing to get whatever they want from their fellow campers. --Editor

Camp Famous
By Jennifer Blecher
New York: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. Fiction. 261 pages.

When eleven-year-old Abby learns she will be attending summer camp, she is excited at the idea of a fresh start, but when she discovers she is going to Camp Famous, a place exclusively for famous kids like pop stars, princesses, and geniuses, her enthusiasm turns to apprehension. --Editor

Camp Scare
By Delilah S. Dawson
New York: Delacorte Press, 2022. Fiction. 276 pages.

Bullied and lonely, Parker Nelson is excited to make a new friend at camp, but then bad, unexplainable things start happening to Parker's tormenters, and she soon discovers that her new friend might not be so friendly--or human--after all. --Editor

The Camping Trip
By Jennifer K. Mann
Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2020. Picture Book.

Ernestine is beyond excited to go camping. She follows the packing list carefully (new sleeping bag! new flashlight! special trail mix made with Dad!) so she knows she is ready when the weekend arrives. But she quickly realizes that nothing could have prepared her for how hard it is to set up a tent, never mind fall asleep in it, or that swimming in a lake means that there will be fish -- eep! Will Ernestine be able to enjoy the wilderness, or will it prove to be a bit too far out of her comfort zone? --Editor

A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee
By Chris Van Dusen
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003. Picture Book. 

Mr. Magee and his dog Dee go camping and have an adventure with a hungry bear. --Editor

Monster & Mouse Go Camping
Written by Deborah Underwood
Illustrated by Jared Chapman
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. Picture Book. 32 pages.

When Mouse and Monster team up to go camping, they discover Monster's insatiable appetite is wreaking havoc on their campsite, but nothing can stop these two friends from having fun in the great outdoors. --Editor
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