National Get Outdoors Day: Books for Kids

National Get Outdoors Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in June. Grab one of these great books to inspire your outdoor adventures this summer!

Updated May 28, 2026
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The everything trail
Fleming, Meg
Paper Book
Come along on an eye-popping journey through the forest with a group of young explorers ready to discover everything nature has to offer in this lyrical, awe-inspiring picture book full of "curiosity and wonder" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The wind waves...
Can you hug a forest?
Gilbert, Frances
Paper Book
Celebrate the beauty of the natural world in this meditative picture book encouraging mindfulness, gratitude, and love for the environment--featuring illustrations painted on actual wood. Can you hug a forest? Of course you can. First you hug the air: open your arms, lift up your...
Fairy walk
Cornwall, Gaia
Paper Book
Set off on a magical nature adventure--and let your imagination soar--on a forest walk with the creator of Jabari Jumps. Let's go, let's go! Hopping and skipping into the woods behind their house, a trio of kids and their loyal doggy companion head off into the wild world...
Miss Camper
Fajardo, Kat
Paper Book
A companion to Miss Quinces, Kat Fajardo's bestselling, award-winning middle-grade graphic novel! Sue is heading to Camp Willow this summer! She's looking forward to hiking, archery, and making comics in the fresh air. She's especially excited about LARPing (live-action role-playing...
Something about the sky
Carson, Rachel
Paper Book
Cut-paper wizard Nikki McClure is a brilliant steward for the words of a pioneering environmentalist in this wondrous ode to clouds--and the scientific "language of the sky." Rachel Carson once wrote, "It is not half so important to know as to feel." What do we know...
Adventure awaits
Kingsbury, Karen
Paper Book
Now an original series on Prime Video In the fourth book in Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell's beloved series about the Baxter children, Kari and Ashley go through the ups and downs of summer camp. School science camp is a few weeks away, but Ashley and Kari...

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