Here’s a list of some hunting books for kids you might be interested in. Have not read them all but some good ones here. Can buy most of these from Amazon.com. You know of any good hunting books for kids? How about other Christmas gifts for our little hunters? GOT ANY IDEAS?
Conner’s Spring Gobbler by Shawn E. Meyer
Conner’s Big Hunt by Shawn E. Meyer
My First Deer Hunt by Curtis & Michael Waguespack
All About Turkeys by Jim Arnosky
All About Deer by Jim Arnosky
Hunting Outdoor Adventure by Adam G. Klein
Deer, Moose, Elk & Caribou by Deborah Hodge
Mammal Tracks & Scat by Martha Mitchell
Tracks, Scats & Signs by Leslie Dendy
Posted by Jeff on June 18, 2010 at 10:14 am
Hey Ron,
Got your email about your site… looks good. I will have to add you to my blogroll.
As for kid’s hunting books, Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard is my all time favorite!
Posted by Franne Sippel on August 8, 2011 at 9:34 am
Please add our book to you list entitled, “The First Hunt.” Our website is http://www.thefirsthuntbook.com Thanks so much! Franne Sippel
Posted by Franne Sippel on August 15, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Try “The First Hunt” by Franne Sippel and Carol Knecht. The website is http://www.thefirsthuntbook.com
Posted by Monica on October 4, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I am looking for kids novels on fishing & hunting. I have an 8 year old boy who loves the outdoors and I am unable to find any novels in this category. Thanks. MW
Posted by Michael Waguespack on October 11, 2011 at 11:28 am
MW,
This a great question. I’m a former teacher and had to steer kids toward wilderness adventure when they asked for hunting and fishing. There’s not a lot out there.
Having said that, Gary Paulsen is a good author of novels for kids interested in the outdoors. His Brian series (begins with HATCHET) is a great survival story and actually gets a lot of boys into reading. The whole series is good.
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS is great and holds up well for a classic.
And BIG RED (as Jeff suggested above) gets strong reviews.
Ron,
Thanks for including our book “My First Deer Hunt” on your list. We’ve also released “My First Turkey Hunt” and “My First Fishing Trip” comes out soon.
Michael Waguespack
Posted by Dave on November 14, 2011 at 7:09 am
We just published two new books for kids. You can check them out at our web site http://www.outdoorkidsclub.com. I think you will like what you see.
Dave Shellhaas
Outdoor Kids Club
Posted by Monica on November 23, 2011 at 3:26 pm
That’s great! Thank you very much for your suggestions.
Monica
Posted by Trish VerMeer on January 10, 2013 at 8:13 am
My 10 year old son just finished “Wild Life” by Cynthia DeFelice. It is about a boy and pheasant hunting and much more. He burned through this book and he really has to be made to read on any other day.
Posted by Leann on March 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm
I am a teacher-librarian in the deer-hunting Mecka of southern Iowa, and I am writing my master’s paper on hunting books for youth. I will be using this blog for one of many citations, so thank you 🙂 When I complete my paper and project, I will let you know…I’ll be creating a comprehensive bibliography of books that feature hunting, and it will be on the web, so the whole world can benefit.
Posted by Michael Waguespack on March 17, 2013 at 7:32 am
I just released a new short story collection for ages 9 and up called THE DEER HUNTING BOOK: SHORT STORIES FOR YOUNG HUNTERS. It is available from Amazon. More info. at http://www.countrykidpublishing.blogspot.com/
Leann,
Shoot me an email. I may be able to help with your paper.
Michael Waguespack
countrykp@gmail.com
Posted by Franne Sippel on October 21, 2013 at 12:45 pm
Please consider adding our book to your list. You can check it out at http://www.thefirsthuntbook.com and/or we can send you a free copy for your review.
Posted by Katie Nikolenko on September 19, 2016 at 7:38 pm
Tisha by Suzanne Colts.
It’s a bunch of memories a boy had with his favorite hunting dog.