• Davis, Lee
  P.B. Bear Sand Castle Surprise
  Dorling Kindersley, 1997
  E Dav (Grades 1-3)
  Photos of realistic looking stuffed animal friends of lovable P.B. Bear share a day at the beach.
• Ehrlich, H.M.
  Louie's Goose
  Houghton Mifflin, 2000
  E Ehr (Picture Books)
  While spending the summer at the beach with his parents, Louie has a wonderful time playing with his toy goose and even rescues her from a big wave.
• Jones, Rebecca C.
  Down at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Sea
  Bradbury Press, 1988
  E Jon (Picture Books)
  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.
• Kittinger, J. S.
  Going to the Beach
  Children's Press, 2002
  E Kit (Easy to Read)
  A family spends a day at the beach enjoying the water, sand and sun.
• Margolin, Harriet
  The Good Day Bunnies Swimming Day
  Western Pub., 1987
  E Mar (Grades 1-3)
  The Good Day bunny family plans a great day at the beach.
• Mogensen, Jan
  Teddy in the Undersea Kingdom
  Gareth Stevens, 1984
  E Mog (Grades 1-3)
  While visiting the undersea kingdom of the royal clam family, Teddy daringly rescues the little clam princess from the wicked King crab.
• Nolan, Dennis
  The Castle Builder
  Macmillan Publishing,1987
  E Nol (Grades 1-3)
  A young boy builds an unusual sand castle on the beach.
• Sharmat, Magjorie
  Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag
  Coward-McCann, 1987
  E Sha (Grades 1-3)
  Nate the great finds mystery at the beach when Oliver's beach bag vanishes.
• Smith, Jessie
  Grover's Day at the Beach
  Golden Press, 1988
  E Smi (Grades 1-3)
  Grover and his friends spend a day at the beach, and encounter things that they are able to collect and count.
• Starbuck, Deborah
  Manny's Whale
  Dillon Press, 1986
  E Sta (Grades 1-3)
  Manny and his uncle rescue a beached whale.
• Stevenson, James
  The Worst Person in the World at Crab Beach
  Greenwillow Books, 1988
  E Ste (Grades 1-3)
  The worst person is having a terrible time on his vacation but he becomes even more miserable after he meets Miriam and her son.
• Stevenson, Jocelyn
  Muppets at Sea
  Random House, 1980
  E Ste (Grades 1-3)
  Kermit captains a dilapidated old paddle steamer as the Muppets have a whale of a time at sea.
• Zion, Gene
  Harry by the Sea
  Harper and Row, 1965
  E Zio (Picture Books)
  Harry the dog wants a nice shady spot away from the sun. He sits at the waters edge when suddenly a big wave crashes over him and he becomes covered with seaweed. Everyone at the beach thinks he's a sea monster.

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