Summer Camping Reading Challenge

Duration: June 21st through September 21st, 2013.
Levels of Play:
Tenderfoot - Read 3 to 5 Books
Scavenger - Read 6 to 8 Books
Scout - Read 9 to 11 Books
Explorer - Read 12 to 14 Books
Survivor - Read 15+ Books
How to play:
- Read books that have pictures of people camping on the covers or in the book
- Read books which have camping related items or activities on the cover, or have people doing camp related activities in the book (see lists below for examples)
- Do a Spell-it-out Challenge with a word associated with camping (see list below or come up with your own) Use the letter of an author's or character's first, middle, or last name or nickname to spell out a word or use the first letters of a book's title. (If the title begins with a, an, the, etc. then you may use the second word of the title.)
- Do any combination of the above
Example of a Spell-it-out Challenge:
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby
R - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
O - Evie O'Neill (character) from The Diviners by Libba Bray
G - John Green author of The Fault in Our Stars
Check list:
tents
s'mores
Ants
laterns
frying pans
sleeping bags
campfire
stars
hot dogs
bears
backpacks
Fire
Water
Food
Protection
Boat
Hiking Boots
First Aid
swimsuit
life preserver
mesquitoes
bug spray/Insect repellent
swimming
frogs
spiders
snakes
dutch ovens
pocket knife
Compass
Whistle
Raincoat
Matches
Fishing poles
Flashlights/Torches
Bait
Fishing new
Headlamp
bandannas
Camera
Camcorder
Memory cards/film
Binoculars
Maps
Guidebook
Interpretive field guides (flowers, insects)
Star chart/night-sky identifier
books
Notebook and pen/pencil
Sketchpad with art supplies
Radio or music player with headphones
Two-way radios
GPS receiver
Cell phone
Travel alarm clock
Umbrella
foil
Water bottles
spatula

Activities:
hiking
fishing
Rock Climbing
Cooking
canoeing
shadow puppets
Archery
Ghost Stories
knot tying
Tracking