All Things Nautical

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  • Amazing Grace: Smith Island & The Chesapeake Watermen
    by Bernard Wolf
    Text and photographs portray life on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay, with an emphasis on the traditional activity of crabbing as it is practiced there.

  • Beacons of Light: Lighthouses
    by Gail Gibbons
    A survey of lighthouses and how they work in simple text and pictures.

  • Boats and Ships
    by Jason Cooper
    Examines the history, varieties, and uses of boats and ships.

  • A Day on the Boat With Captain Betty
    by Diane Murez
    Two boys take a boat trip around Florida's Sanibel and Captiva Islands and learn about the area's wildlife.

  • Ferryboat
    by Betsy Maestro
    A family crosses a river on a ferryboat and observes how the ferry operates.

  • Keep the Lights Burning Abbie
    by Peter Roop
    In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.

  • The Little Red Lighthouse
    by Hildegarde H. Swift
    A little lighthouse on the Hudson River regains its pride when it finds out that it is still useful and has an important job to do.

  • Ocean Day
    by Shelley Rotner
    A little girl visits the ocean and discovers many things about the seashore and the creatures who live there.

  • Pirates: Robbers of the High Seas
    by Gail Gibbons
    Describes, in simple text and illustrations, the lives of pirates, the ships they sailed, and the type of treasure they stole.

  • Whaling Days
    by Carol Carrick
    Surveys the whaling industry, ranging from hunting in colonial America to modern whaling regulations and conservation efforts.

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