“My aunt Jackie invited me to go camping with her and my cousin Samantha this weekend. I’ve never been camping before, but I know I will love it.”
It’s Ernestine’s first time camping, and she is beyond excited. She carefully follows the packing list so she will be ready when the weekend arrives. But she quickly realizes that pitching a tent is much harder than it looks, and swimming in the lake means there will be…fish?? Eek! Will Ernestine be able to enjoy the wilderness, or will the great outdoors prove to be a little too far out of her comfort zone?
Discover how opening your mind to new experiences, no matter how challenging or different, can lead to great memories in this energetic story about a first sleepover under the stars.
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"[Will] quietly foster a love for the wilderness while they show how time spent outside can bring families closer. A rare and welcome depiction of an African American family going camping.”
— Horn Book (starred review)
“Carries readers through anticipation, humor, and awe…This delightful trip will be savored again and again.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Readers will understand what Ernestine knows: the world looks different after a wonderful adventure.”
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Jennifer K. Mann is a children’s book author and illustrator on Bainbridge Island, just across from Seattle, in beautiful Puget Sound. She lives here with her husband and two children, six chickens, three cats, and two dogs—a big one named Lottie, and a small one named Cody. She once was an architect, and spent many years designing stores for a big architecture firm in Seattle. Then she had children, and started reading beautiful picture books to them, and realized that what she really wanted was to be a picture book author and illustrator. She finds inspiration for stories and art from memories of childhood, her children’s antics and adventures, and the often silly goings-on of her domestic menagerie.
Channie Waites is an actress and narrator. Her reading of Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon’s book Zora and Me earned her a 2010 Best Voice Award in children and family listening from AudioFile magazine. She has received a total of four AudioFile Earphones Awards.