The Night Before Summer Camp - by Natasha Wing (Paperback)

About the Book

In this 12th title of Wing's bestselling Night Before series, a little boy who is going to summer camp for the first time gets a bad case of nervous butterflies, but an unlikely friend appears and reassures him in this sweet story told in verse to the meter of Clement Moore's Christmas classic. Full color.

Book Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES - Putting an uplifting spin on a classic poem, this charmingly illustrated and lyrical picture book prepares kids--and their parents!--for all that summer camp has to offer.

The first day of summer camp is almost here, and one little camper doesn't know what to expect. For a while everything is hunkydory . . . until rest time rolls around and he gets a bad case of nervous butterflies. But an unlikely friend appears out of the crowd and reassures him that the best cure for the summertime blues is tons of summertime fun! A sweetly reassuring story, once again told in verse to the meter of Clement Moore's classic.

The Night Before series helps young readers--and their parents!--explore big milestones in an encouraging, uplifting way.

About the Author

Natasha Wing was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1960. At the age of 20 she moved to Arizona where she finished college at Arizona State University in 1982 with a B.S. in Advertising. In 1988 she married Daniel Wing and moved to Northern California where she worked in advertising for a number of years.

It wasn't until 1991 that she decided to write children's books. Luckily she sold her first book, Hippity Hop, Frog on Top, within 6 months and has been writing children's books and articles ever since. Her second book, Jalapeno Bagels, came out in June 1996 with Atheneum Books. The Night Before Easter, was published with Putnam All Aboard Books. She has also been published in Humpty Dumpty's Magazine, Girls' Life, and Hopscotch for Girls, and has two recipes in Writers in the Kitchen.

Birthday: February 7thPets: Siberian husky, Sabaka, and cat, JemimaProfessional: Member of Society of Children's Book Writers & IllustratorsFavorite Children's Books: Polar Express, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Cat in the Hat, The Golden CompassFavorite Season: FallFavorite Tree: MapleFavorite Color: Cranberry redFavorite Cookie: Oatmeal Raisin with Vanilla ChipsReason for writing The Night Before Easter "I wrote The Night Before Easter for parents to read at bedtime so children could go to sleep with sweet dreams of jelly beans dancing in their heads."