American Camp Association | Summer camps enrich children's lives!

Learn the skills you need to succeed. Camping Magazine is your primary source for the most recent trends in the camp industry, the latest research in the field of youth development, critical management tools, and innovative programming ideas. September/October 2010 articles address education, research, history, 2020 Toolbox, and much more.

2010 September/October Camping Magazine Magazine

Perfect for campers, camp parents, and staff! Single item or quantity orders available. Customize with your camp name.

Stock your camp store . . . Purchase as gifts . . . Share the memories.

T-shirts • Hats • Bags • Posters Brought to you by ACA in partnership with New D

All books and DVDs 25% off on all orders of $75 or more at the ACA Bookstore! Use code LBD-25 at checkout. 

Labor Day Spectacular at the ACA Bookstore

Join more than 1,500 of your colleagues, presenters, and exhibiting personnel at the 2011 National Conference in San Diego. Fourplus packed days of quality education, social and issuesbased networking, professional trade-show access, and special events are designed to boost your professional development.

2011 National Conference in San Diego

Children and youth need a community that:  encourages achievement and builds self-esteem; promotes healthy lifestyles, fitness, and activity; teaches in a classroom without walls; instills appreciation, respect, and responsibility for the natural world around them; and inspires the confidence and courage to become the leaders of tomorrow.

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Books for Parents
It’s Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living, Crissy Trask
The Geography of Childhood, Gary Nabham
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
A Sense of Wonder, Rachel Carson
Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Listening Point, Sigurd Olson
Desert Solitaire, Edward Abby
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore
Creation, Edward O. Wilson
Hands-on Nature, Susan Sawyer
Kids Nature Book, Susan Milord
Listening to Nature, Joseph Cornell
Beyond Ecophobia, David Sobel
National Audubon Society Field Guide Series
The Condor's Shadow, David Wilcove
Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching, Clare Walker Leslie
Infinite Nature, R. Bruce Hull
 
Books for Adolescents
Hatchet and Brian’s Winter, Gary Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
Hoot, Carl Hiassen
The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World, Michael Pollan
Drawn to Nature Through the Journals of Clare Walker Leslie, Clare Walker Leslie
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You, Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth
 
Books for Children
Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Water Boatman, William Mayne
Stella Luna, Janell Cannon
My First Nature Book, Angela Wilkes
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead
What’s in the Pond, What’s Under the Log, What’s in the Tide Pool, What’s in the Meadow, Grandpa’s Farm, Possum’s Harvest Moon, Anne Hunter
Lorax, Yertle the Turtle, Dr. Seuss
Pond, One Small Square - Woods, Cactus Desert, Backyard, Seashore, Coral Reef, Donald Silver
Our Tree Named Steve, Alan Zweibel
Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose, Mary Quattlebaum
The Adventures of Pelican Pete: Annie The River Otter, Frances and Hugh Keiser
Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays: The Diane Wilson Story, Molly Bang
The Tree, Dana Lyons and David Lane Danioth
Ring of Earth, Jane Yolen
When the Moon Is Full, Penny Pollock with illustrations by Mary Azarian
The Earth Is Painted Green, Barbara Brenner
Other Way to Listen, I’m in Charge of Celebrations, Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor
Earthdance, Joann Ryder
Mud, Mary Lyn Ray
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
Tiniest Acorn, Marsha Danzig
Just a Dream, Chris Van Allsburg
A River Ran Wild, Lynne Cherry
The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono
The Stars, H.A. Rey
Pond Life (Golden Guide), George K. Reid, Sally D. Kaicher, and Tom Dolan
Outside Story, Edited by Chuck Wooster
Reading the Forested Landscape, Tom Wessels
Reading the Granite Landscape, Tom Wessels
Nature In A Nutshell for Kids, Jean Potter

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American Camp Association | Summer camps enrich children's lives!

Learn the skills you need to succeed. Camping Magazine is your primary source for the most recent trends in the camp industry, the latest research in the field of youth development, critical management tools, and innovative programming ideas. September/October 2010 articles address education, research, history, 2020 Toolbox, and much more.

2010 September/October Camping Magazine Magazine

Perfect for campers, camp parents, and staff! Single item or quantity orders available. Customize with your camp name.

Stock your camp store . . . Purchase as gifts . . . Share the memories.

T-shirts • Hats • Bags • Posters Brought to you by ACA in partnership with New D

All books and DVDs 25% off on all orders of $75 or more at the ACA Bookstore! Use code LBD-25 at checkout. 

Labor Day Spectacular at the ACA Bookstore

Join more than 1,500 of your colleagues, presenters, and exhibiting personnel at the 2011 National Conference in San Diego. Fourplus packed days of quality education, social and issuesbased networking, professional trade-show access, and special events are designed to boost your professional development.

2011 National Conference in San Diego

Children and youth need a community that:  encourages achievement and builds self-esteem; promotes healthy lifestyles, fitness, and activity; teaches in a classroom without walls; instills appreciation, respect, and responsibility for the natural world around them; and inspires the confidence and courage to become the leaders of tomorrow.

A Voice for Excellence

Find a Camp

Looking for a summer camp? Search over 2,400 ACA-Accredited camps.

Find a Job

Find the perfect summer or year-round camp job. Need Staff? Check Out ACA’s Staff Recruitment Solutions!

Join ACA

Join today and be an integral part of an evolving, versatile, and vibrant organization of people with knowledge to share.