GREAT RESOURCES FOR CAMP
Here's a list of some exceptional resources that we've picked out for you. None of them are "required reading," but if you'd like to get a little bit of insight into the camp world, especially if it's your first summer working at camp, you might find they'll help you get prepared for the adventure ahead.

• The Blessings of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
  
  
• Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
  
  
• Raising Cain - Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon
  
  
• Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - And More Miserable Than Ever Before by Jean M Twenge, PhD
  
  
• Seasons Of Life: A Football Star, A Boy, A Journey To Manhood by Jeffrey Marx
  
  
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Farber and Elaine Mazlish
  
  
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
  
  
• Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
  
  
• The Power Of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead To Happier, Healthier Children by David Elkind
  
  
• Too Much Of A Good Thing: Raising Children Of Character In An Indulgent Age by Dan Kindlon
  
  
• Best Friends, Worst Enemies - Understanding The Social Lives Of Children by Michael Thompson and Catherine Grace
  
  
• In The Trenches by Bob Ditter
  
  
• The Summer Camp Handbook by Chris Thurber and Jon Malinowski
  
  
• 1-2-3 Magic: Discipline For Kids 2 Through 12 by Thomas Phelan
  
  
• Surviving Your Adolescents: How To Manage - And Let Go - Of Your 13-18 Year Olds by Thomas Phelan
  
  
• Good Kids, Difficult Behavior by Joyce Divinyi
  
  

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