The Acorn People is a non-fiction book for middle grade readers first published in 1976.

It is a memoir by author, educator and storyteller Ron Jones about a summer he spent at a camp for disabled children.

Over time, they teach their counselor that despite their disabilities, they are just like everyone else on the inside and that they are capable of accomplishing much more than he previously understood.

Jones comes to care for and love these children as much as the full-time staff at Camp Wiggins.

Ron Jones is a camp counselor and is also in charge of five of the campers along with a man named Dominic.