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Days at the Beach

Stella Star of the sea

Stella Star of the Sea
Marie-Louise Gay
Picture Book (Series)
Ages 2 to 4
Groundwood (Canada), 1999, 0-88899-337-4
 

Willow by the sea

Willow by the Sea
Camilla Ashforth
Picture Book (Series)
Ages 3 and up
Candlewick, 2002, 0-7636-1401-7
 

A seaside alphabet

A Seaside Alphabet
Donna Grassby
Illustrated by Susan Took
Non-Fiction Picture Book
All ages
Tundra Books, 2000, All ages, 0-88776-516-5
 

Once Upon a tide

Once Upon a Tide
Tony Mitton
Illustrated by Selina Young
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Random House UK, 2005, 0-385-60418-1
 

Beep Beep let's go

Beep, Beep Lets Go!
Eleanor Taylor
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
Bloomsbury, 2005, 1-58234-973-8
 

Warm Sun soft sand

Warm Sun, Soft Sand
Linzi West
Board Book
Ages 2 to 4
Frances Lincoln, 2005, 1-84507-342-8
 

A Beach Ball has them all

A Beach Ball has them all!
Linzi West
Board Book
Ages 2 to 4
Frances Lincoln, 2005, 1-84507-337-1

Hello Ocean

Hello Ocean
Pam Manoz Ryan
Illustrated by Mark Astrella
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Charlesbridge, 2001, 0-88106-988-4
 

Sophie's Castle

Sophie's Castle
Heather F. Levine
Illustrated by J. K. Drummond
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Barnes and Nobles Books, 2005, 0-7607-6692-4 

The Pink House at the seashore

The Pink House at the Seashore
Deborah Blumenthal
Illustrated by Doug Chayka
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Clarion Books, 2005, 0-618-37886 

Sneakers the seaside cat

Sneakers the Seaside Cat
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Anne Mortimer
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
HarperCollins, 2003, 0-06-028692-X

Going on a journey to the sea

Going on a Journey to the Sea
Jane Barcley
Illustrated by Doris Barrette
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Lobster Press, 2002, Ages 4 to 6, 1-894222-34-2
 

Greetings from Sandy Beach

Greetings From Sandy Beach
Bob Graham
Picture Book
Ages 4 and up
Kane/Miller, 1992, 0-916291-40-5

An Island Scrapbook

An Island Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island
Virginia Wright-Frierson
Non-fiction Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Aladdin, 1998, 0-689-85056-5
 

Sally and the Limpet

Sally and the Limpet
Simon James
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Candlewick, 2002, 0-7636-1715-6

A Day at the beach

A Day at the Beach
Ed Briant
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 5
HarperCollins, 2006, 0-06-079981-1

The Sea Monster

The Sea Monster
Chris Wormell
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Random House UK, 2006, 0-099-45147-6

Babymouse Beach Babe

Babymouse: Beach Babe
Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Graphic Novel (Series)
Ages 7 to 10
Random House, 2006, 0-375-83231-9 

Readers who enjoy these books may also like to read the reviews in the Ships, Sailors, Seas, and Ocean Feature

How will we get to the beach

How will we get to the beach? / Como iremos a la playa?
Brigitte Luciani
Illustrated by Eve Tharlet
Bilingual Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
North-South Books, 2003, 0-7358-2037-6

One White Wishing Stone

One White Wishing Stone: A Beach Day Counting Book
Doris K. Gayzagian
Illustrated by Kristina Swarner
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
National Geographic, 2006, 0-7922-5110-5 

Eloise goes to the beach

Eloise goes to the beach

Sonali Fry

Illustrated by Tammie Lyon

Novelty Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 1-4169-3344-1

 

 

Bats at the Beach

Bats at the Beach

Brian Lies

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 0-618-55744-X

Shells by the seashore

Seashells by the seashore

Marianne Berkes

Illustrated by Robert Noreika

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 8

Dawn Publications, 2002, 1-58469-034-8 

Explore and Discover the Seashore

Explore and Discover the Seashore

Angela Wilkes

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 8 to 10

Houghton Mifflin, 2001, 0-7534-5339-8

 

Life in a tide Pool

Life in a Tide Pool

Janet Halfmann

Non-Fiction

Ages

The Creative Company, 2001, 1-58341-076-7

  

Eyewitness Seashore

Eyewitness: Seashore

Steve Parker

Non-Fiction (Series)

Ages 10 and up

DK, 2004, 0-7566-0720-5

 

 

Famous seaweed Soup

Famous Seaweed Soup

Antonio Truglio Martin

Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Albert Whitman, 1993, 0-8075-2264-3

 

 

Wave

Wave

Suzy Lee

Wordless Picture Book

Ages 2 to 6

Chronicle Books, 2008, 978-0-8118-5924-0

 

Scaredy Squirrel at the beach

Scaredy Squirrel at the beach

Melanie Watt
Picture Book (Series)
Ages 4 to 8
Kids Can Press, 2008, 978-1-55453-225-4

 

Beach Day

Beach Day

Anahid Hamparian

Illustrated by Kristin Sorra

Board Book

Infants to age 3

Marshall Cavendish, 2009, 0-7614-5530-2

 

 

 

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