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

In rhyming text, the reader is asked how to scare a bear if one wanders into camp, or wants to go for a boat ride, or stays for supper.

On a camping trip, Moby Shinobi's ninja skills keep making a mess of things but when hikers get lost he leads a team to save them.

Llama Llama is excited to go camping with his friends, but Euclid isn't convinced that a night without all his fancy gadgets could be any fun.

Dean Bob, Lou Tweet, and their friends from Bonefish Street go to scout camp, where they go for a hike, learn about water safety, and contend with survival in the wild.

In their newest romp, a young family spends joyful summers lakeside surrounded by nature. Dive in and "just picture the fishes that called that lake home--that would wriggle and dive, blow their bubbles, and roam." Listen to the nighttime critters: "The beat was just so, when the volume would grow, and the fireflies added some light to the show." And the daytime animals? "They ran and they sat and they ate and they hid; they did all the same things...

An octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The village's children quickly make friends with it, even though the adults are wary. But the octopus proves very handy indeed, making a perfect slide, helping out with some painting, and even rescuing a cat stuck in a tree. But just when all the neighbors decide they want an octopus of their very own, it disappears. Where has it gone and will it come back?

When a pair of campers stumble upon a skunk, they repeatedly dismiss its defensive warning signs. Includes fun facts about skunks.

"When at last Mars flickers, and the owl begins to hoot, Sofia and her family venture into a dazzling summer night where firefly light is like a glittering galaxy!"--

"When one boy sets out to build the treehouse of his dreams, there's so much to consider--from finding the perfect tree to drawing up the plans. There are certainly challenges along the way, and a lot of spilled paint! But one thing is for sure - he won't go too far wrong with his two mommies to support him." --book jacket.