North Woods Stories and Wilderness Adventures
Preschool
- Grade 2
Nonfiction
Armentrout, David. Camping (j796.54)
Armentrout, David. Fishing. (j799.1)
Branley, Franklyn M. Big Tracks, Little Tracks. (j591.5)
Cooper, Jason. Canoes and Kayaks. (j797.122)
Ditchfield, Christin. Kayaking, Canoeing, Rowing, and Yachting.
(j797.1)
Duffy, Dee Dee. Forest Tracks. (j591.5)
Evert, Laura. Rocks, Fossils and Arrowheads. (j552)
Morris, Dean. Animals That Burrow. (j591.5)
Van Laan, Nancy. Shingebiss: An Ojibway Legend. (j398.2)
Fiction
Arnosky, Jim. Beaver Pond, Moose Pond.
A beaver and a moose share a pond, each thinking that the water
belongs to him. ( j )
Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin's Canoe
Trip.
Franklin and Bear can hardly wait to set out on a camping trip
with their fathers. ( j )
Bowen, Betsy. Gathering: A Northwoods
Counting Book.
A celebration of the change of season to winter in the north woods.
( j )
Bowen, Betsy. Antler, Bear, Canoe: A
Northwoods Alphabet Year.
The letters of the alphabet illustrate the changing seasons in
the north woods. ( j )
Casanova, Mary. One-Dog Canoe.
A girl and her dog set out in their canoe, only to be joined by
a series of animals. ( j )
Chall, Marsha. Up North at the Cabin.
A young girl describes her trip to the woods and the magic of
summer vacations. ( j )
Creech, Sharon. Fishing in the Air.
A young boy and his father go on a fishing trip and discover the
power of imagination. ( j )
Dora. (Dora the Explorer) Follow Those
Feet.
Dora and Boots find strange footprints in the sandbox, and set
out to discover who made them. (E)
Emmons, Chip. Sammy Wakes His Dad.
Sammy's father, who is in a wheelchair, is reluctant to join Sammy
in a fishing trip. ( j )
Hazen, Barbara Shook. Where Do Bears
Sleep?
The different places where animals sleep are described in rhymes
and pictures. ( j )
Howard, Ellen. Log Cabin Quilt.
When Elvirey and her family move to a log cabin in the woods,
something even more important than Granny's quilt pieces makes
the new dwelling a home. ( j )
Lasky, Kathryn. Marven of the Great North
Woods.
In 1918, Marven is sent to a Minnesota logging camp to escape
influenza and finds a special friend. ( j )
Marshall, Janet. A Honey of a Day.
Names and pictures of wildflowers are woven into a story about
a woodland wedding. ( j )
Mason, Jane B. River Day.
Alex goes fishing with her grandfather and hopes to see a bald
eagle. ( j )
Mayer, Gina. Just Fishing With Grandma.
Grandma volunteers to take Little Critter fishing. ( j )
Nolen, Jerdine. Max and Jax in Second
Grade.
Second-grade twins prepare to start the summer with a fishing
trip and a slumber party. (E)
Rosen, Michael J. Fishing With Dad.
A young boy learns how to bait and cast a fishing pole, and somehow
always manages to catch the first fish. ( j )
VanLaan, Nancy. Busy, Busy Moose.
Moose helps his little animal friends in many ways during the
four seasons. (E)
Grades
3 - 5
Nonfiction
Anders, Rebecca. Camping Out. (j796.54)
Arnosky, Jim. Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird
Watching, Shore Walking. (j508)
Arnosky, Jim. In the Forest. (j574.5264)
Bishop, Nic. Forest Explorer: a Life-size Field Guide.
(j591.5264)
Bowen, Betsy. Tracks in the Wild. (j591.5)
Dendy, Leslie. Tracks, Scats and Signs. (j591.5)
Dorros, Arthur. Animal Tracks. (j59l.5)
Drake, Jane. Kids Campfire Book. (j796.545)
Drinkard, Lawson. Fishing in a Brook. (j799.1)
Feeney, Kathy. Black Bears. (j599.74446)
Kalman, Bobbie. A Canoe Trip. (j797.122)
Kid's Gone Fishing. (j799.1)
Loy, Jessica. Follow the Trail. (j796.54)
Martin, Laura C. Nature's Art Box. (j745.5)
Salas, Laura Purdie. Canoeing. (j797.122)
Schuler, Judy. Foxes for Kids. (j599.74442)
Thoennes Keller, Kristin. Camping. (j796.54)
Fiction
Clements, Andrew. A Week in the Woods.
The fifth-grade annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's
survival skills and his ability to relate to his teacher. (Juv
Fic)
Clymer, Susan. There's a Frog in my Sleeping
Bag.
Janna must find out who the trickster is on a three-day campout
with her third-grade class. (Juv Fic)
Conly, Jane Leslie. Trout Summer.
A sister and brother spend a summer in a cabin near a river where
they befriend an elderly man, and learn canoeing skills from him.
(Juv Fic)
Duffey, Betsy. Cody Unplugged.
Concerned that his TV and video habits are out of hand, Cody's
parents send him to Camp Bear and he learns to experience "real"
life. (Juv Fic)
Gilson, Jamie. 4B Goes Wild.
Fourth graders on a camping trip with their teachers get a real
outdoors education, including practical jokes! (Juv Fic)
Greer, Gery. This Island Isn't Big Enough
for the Four of Us.
Pete and Scott excitedly plan a camping trip to a deserted island,
only to arrive and discover that two zany girls have beat them
to it. (Juv Fic)
Klise, Kate. Letters From Camp.
Sent to camp to learn how to get along, pairs of brothers and
sisters write letters home about the strange and mysterious things
that go on there. (Juv Fic M)
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Blue Moose.
On a cold winter day on the edge of the North Woods, a blue moose
visits a restaurant and asks if he can stay. (Juv Fic)
Grades
5 - 8
Nonfiction
Art, Henry W. Woods Walk. (j574.5264)
Asch, Frank. Up River. (j574.52632)
Bailey, John. Young Fishing Enthusiast. (j799.1)
Brenner, Barbara. One Small Place in a Tree. (j574.52642)
Carlson, Laurie. Kids Camp. (j796.54)
Ching, Jacqueline. Camping: Have Fun, Be Smart. (j796.54
Furtman, Michael. Canoe Country Camping. (j796.54)
Headstrom, Richard. Whose Track Is It? (j591.5)
Jaeger, Ellsworth. Tracks and Trailcraft. (j591.5)
Moyle, John B. and Evelyn W. Northland Wildflowers. (j582.13)
North, Sterling. Rascal. (j599.74443)
Sheldon, Ian. Animal Tracks of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
(j591.5)
Swenson, Allan. L. L. Bean Canoeing Handbook. (j797.122
Tekiela, Stan. Trees of Minnesota. (j582.16)
Tester, John R. Minnesota's Natural Heritage. (j574.5247)
Fiction
Bauer, Marion Dane. Early Winter.
When 11-year-old Tim's beloved grandfather develops Alzheimer's,
Tim takes him for a fishing adventure at the pond, hoping to restore
his health. (Juv Fic)
Bauer, Marion Dane. Runt.
The smallest wolf cub in the litter seeks to prove himself and
earn a new name. (Juv Fic)
Blackwood, Gary L. Wild Timothy.
Timothy reluctantly accompanies his enthusiastic father on a camping
trip and, after he gets lost in the woods, finds he is capable
of surviving on his own. (Juv Fic)
Casanova, Mary. Moose Tracks.
Seth, the son of a game warden, tries to save an orphaned moose
calf from poachers. (Juv Fic)
Dower, Laura. Lights Out (From
the Files of Madison Finn, #12).
Far Hills 7th graders make some surprising discoveries on a trip
to Jasper Woods. (Juv Fic)
Durbin, William. Blackwater Ben.
In the winter of 1898, a 7th grade boy drops out of school to
work with his father, the cook at a Minnesota logging camp. (YA
Fic)
Erdrich, Louise. Birchbark House.
Omakaya, a 7-year-old Ojibwa girl, lives through the joys of summer
and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
(Juv Fic)
Fleck, Earl. Chasing Bears: a Canoe Country
Adventure.
12-year-old Danny finds his courage tested as he pushes himself
to keep up with his father and older brother on a canoe and camping
trip. (YA Fic)
Fleck, Earl. Chasing Fire: Danger in
Canoe Country.
13-year-old Danny and his family go on a challenging camping and
canoeing trip from Minnesota into Canada. (YA Fic)
Gamer, Ron. One Last Chance: Trapped
in the Blowdown.
Two boys experience an exciting canoe trip in the BWCA. (YA Fic)
Hobbs, Will. Wild Man Island.
After Andy slips away from his kayaking group to visit the wilderness
site of his father's death, a storm strands him on an island.
(YA Fic)
Larsen, Sandy. Something's Fishy.
Five friends from Jackpine Point embark on a canoe-fishing trip.
(Juv Fic M)