It’s summer-time, and for many families, summer means making memories at the beach! Whether sandcastles, seashells, and the lapping of the ocean’s waves are in your future or not, here is a list of 40 children’s books that center around the beach. So grab a beach blanket, an ice cold lemonade, and get ready for a summer of reading!
Fiction Picture Books
Three by the Sea by Edward Marshall
Curious George Goes to the Beach by H.A. Rey
Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach by James Dean
Sally Goes to the Beach by Stephen Huneck
Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes
The Sandcastle Contest by Robert Munsch
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by Ronda Armitage
Corduroy Goes to the Beach by B.G. Hennessy
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell by Lucille Colandro
Ladybug Girl at the Beach by David Soman
Clam-I-Am!: All About the Beach by Tish Rabe
The Berenstain Bears Go On Vacation by Jan Berenstain
Stella, Star of the Sea by Marie-Louise Gay
Biscuit’s First Beach Day by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Sea, Sand, Me! by Patricia Hubbell
Good Night Beach by Adam Gamble
I Can Save the Ocean!: The Little Green Monster Cleans Up the Beach by Alison Inches
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Non Fiction Books
What Lives in a Shell by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Seashells, Crabs, and Sea Stars by Christiane Kump Tibbitts
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Sea by Molly Bang
The Magic School Bus: On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole
DK Eyewitness Books: Seashore by David Parker
What’s in the Ocean? by Debra Mostow Zakarin
Jump into Science: Sand by Ellen Prager
Eye Wonder: Ocean by Sue Thornton
Chapter Books
Junie B. Jones First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! by Barbara Park
Magic Tree House: High Tide in Hawaii
Danger Guys Hit the Beach by Tony Abbott
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
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