Book Ideas

Because it will be fun, and to provide some cohesion to each week, I request that campers read books about or related to that session's theme. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, historical fiction, fantasy- that's all up to them. I've listed some books as possibilities, but these aren't requirements!
I want kids to read books they will enjoy.

*Indicates a book by a local author


July 18-22 Art and Artists


  • Chasing Vermeer   by Blue Balliett
  • Hannah West and the Belltown Towers   by Linda Johns*
  • Noonie's Masterpiece   by Linda Railsback
  • The Artsy Smartsy Club   by Daniel Pinkwater
  • Holbrook: A Lizard's Tale  by Bonny Becker*
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler  by E.L. Konigsburg
  • The Last Best Days of Summer  by Valerie Hobbs
  • A Picture for Marc  by Eric A. Kimmel
  • The Man with Tiger Eyes   by Karen Wallace
  • Buck Fever  by Cynthia Chapman Willis
  • Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
  • The Theft and the Miracle by Rebecca Wade

July 25-29  Magic and Mayhem

  • The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel*
  • Farkeeper's Walk by Joni Sensel*
  • Dragon's Keep  by Janet Lee Carey*
  • The Beast of Noor  by Janet Lee Carey*
    The Theft and the Miracle  by Rebecca Wade
  • Harry Potter  (series) by J.K. Rowling
  • Artemis Fowl  (series) by Eoin Colfer


August 15-19   Secrets and Mysteries

  • Hannah West  (series) by Linda Johns*
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
  • The Case of the Crooked Carnival (and others in the Science Mystery series) by Michele Torrey*
  • Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
  • The Man with Tiger Eyes   by Karen Wallace
  • Elissa's Odyssey by Erica Verillo
  • Finding Family by Tonya Bolden
  • Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau
  • The Healing Spell by Kimberly Griffiths Little
  • The Theft and the Miracle by Rebecca Wade