Younger Fiction

• Bridwell, Norman
  Clifford Takes a Trip
  Scholastic, 1966
  E Bri
  When Clifford decides to follow the family on their vacation, Clifford arrives just in time to help save Emily from a dangerous encounter with a bear.
• Brown, Marc
  Arthur's Family Vacation
  Little, Brown and Co.,1993
  E Bro
  Arthur is very unhappy about going on vacation with his family, but he shows them how to make the best of a bad situation when they end stuck in a motel because of rain.
• Cushman, Doug
  Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation
  Harper Collins, 1992
  E Cus
  A mystery loving ant-eater has a chance to solve several mysteries during her vacation at the Hotel Bathwater.
• Danzinger, Paula
  What a Trip, Amber Brown
  G.P. Putnam and Sons
  E Dan
  Amber Brown and her parents go on vacation for two weeks with her best friend Justin and his parents.
• Denslow, Sharon
  Riding with Aunt Lucy
  Bradbuty press, 1991
  E Den
  On road trip drives with his friend Leonard's great-aunt, Walter never knows what the trio will discover.
• DePaola, Tomie
  Strega Nona
  G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000
  E DeP
  Strega Nona sends home gifts of candy and bubble bath while on vacation, but when Bambolona grabs the candy, Big Anthony is left with lots of bubbles.
• McPhail, David
  Emma's Vacation
  E.P. Dutton, 1987
  E McP
  Emma's idea of a good vacations is quite different from that of her parents
• Meddaugh, Susan
  Martha Calling
  Houghton Mifflin, 1994
  E Med
  When she wins a call-in radio contest, Martha the talking dog and her family go for a vacation and manage to change the "no dogs " allowed policy.
• Rogers,Alan
  Vacation Time
  Two-Can Publishing Co.
  E Rog
  Follow Green Bear and his friends as they travel by train, plane, boat and care. Find out where they are going by lifting the flap for an unexpected ending.
• Rylant, Cynthia
  The Relatives Came
  Bradbury Press, 1985
  E Ryl
  In an uproariously funny depiction of a road trip, and the visit of the "relatives" from Virginia .
• Stevenson, James
  The Worst Person in the World at Crab Beach
  Greenwillow Books, 1988
  E Ste
  The worst person is having a terrible time on his vacations but becomes even more miserable after he meets Miriam and her son.

Older Fiction

• Dicks, Terrance
  Goliath on Vacation
  Barron Educational, Inc., 1985
  + Dic
  Loveable Goliath disrupts hotel life when David and his parents go on a vacation, but the big dog redeems himself by helping to solve a mystery of disappearing ponies.
• Roberts, Willo Davis
  The absolutely true story... how I visited Yellowstone with the terrible Rupes
  Aladin Paperbacks 1997
  + PB Rob
  What they thought would be a dream vacation turns into a nightmare for a twelve year old Lewis and his twin sister, Allison, when they accompany their irresponsible new neighbors on a trip Yellowstone Park and are chased by two mysterious men.
• Trevor, William
  Juliet's Story
  Simon and Schuster, 1994
  + Tre
  A Young Irish girl overcomes the death with the beloved storyteller with the help of her grandmother who takes her on a trip.
• Tripp, Valarie
  Samantha Saves the Day
  Pleasant Company, 1988
  + Tri
  While spending the summer at Grandmary's summer house on Goose Lake , Samantha and her twin cousins decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm

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