At the Seashore

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  • Blue Claws
    by Walter Krudop
    A young boy gets to know his grandfather better when the two of them go crabbing in Long Island's Great Sound Bay.

  • Caribbean Canvas
    by Frane Lessac
    The artwork of FraneŽ Lessac accompanies this collection of poems by various Caribbean poets, including Robert Johnson, Edward Brathwaite, A.L. Hendricks, Evan Jones, and others.

  • The Deep Blue Sea
    by Bijou LeTord
    Reflects on the magnificence of God's creation of the world.

  • Down at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Sea
    by Rebecca Jones
    Andrew hates water and intends to stay away from the ocean while at the beach, but he changes his mind when he needs water for the sand city he is building.

  • Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
    by Megan McDonald
    When Hermit Crab outgrows his old house, he ventures out to find a new one.

  • The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
    by Joanna Cole
    On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.

  • Miss Rumphius
    by Barbara Cooney
    As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

  • Morning Beach
    by Leslie Baker
    Relates a young girl's early morning trip to the ocean with her mother on the first day of summer vacation.

  • Over the Deep Blue Sea
    by Daisaku Ikeda
    Prejudice linked to an event from the past threatens the friendship that Akiko and her brother have made with a boy on their new island home.

  • Riptide
    by Frances Ward Weller
    Zach's dog Riptide loves the sea and proves himself worthy of being the nineteenth lifeguard on Cape Cod's Nauset Beach.

  • The Sea and I
    by Harataka Nakawatari
    A fisherman's son on the coast of Japan fears for his father's safety on the water in the face of a storm and finds reassurance in the natural world around him.

  • Stina's Visit
    by Lena Anderson
    Stina and her grandfather visit an old sailor on his birthday.

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