A Beach For the Birds by Bruce McMillan, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 1993
The barrier beach in Kennebunk, Maine is a home of the endangered Least Terns. This book, with photographs taken between 1989 and 1991, describes the life of the Terns and the shifting sands of the beach which they share with human neighbors.
Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklyn story and pictures by Barbara Cooney, Viking Penguin, New York, NY 1990
A young girl with immigrant parents enjoys a summer on the beach at Far Rockaway where she can paint and listen to the waves and in winter sketchs the boats on the East River as she tries to decide on a career. You might also like Miss Rumphius, about another little girl who loved the sea and art, by Barbara Clooney.
Those Summers by Aliki, HarperCollins Publishers, New York NY, 1996
A remembrance of how a family spent holidays at the beach, where the children swam, collected shells, built sand castles and enjoyed walks on the boardwalk.
Young Cam Jansen and the Double Beach Mystery by David A. Adler, illustrated by Susanne Natti, Viking, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 2002
Cam uses her photographic memory to solve two mysteries at the beach, involving her mother who disappeared from under a red umbrella, and a set of missing papers, in this mini-mystery from the easy to read Cam Jansen series.
Hotter than a Hot Dog by Stephanie Calmenson, illustrated by Elivia Savadier, Little Brown & Company, Boston, MA 1994
On a day that was very hot a little girl and her grandmother escape from the city heat by going to the beach and return to a cool evening breeze.
The Summer Sands by Sherry Garland, illustrated by Robert J. Lee, A Gulliver
Green Book, Harcourt Brace & Company, New York NY, 1995
A winter storm destroys the sand dunes of a beach that a family had enjoyed along with many plants and animals so they and the community band together to restore the beach. This good story, with its graceful watercolors, is also a lesson in ecology and conservation.
Beachcombing : Exploring the Seashore by Jim Arnosky. Dutton Children's Books, New York, NY 2004
Illustrations and text describe some of the many things that can
be found on a walk along a beach, including coconuts, shark teeth,
jellyfish, crabs and different kinds of shells.
The Boy on the Beach Story and pictures by Niki Daly, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, NY, 1999
The young boy doesn't like the big waves and surf so he goes off to explore a boat in the dunes, which leads to a scary adventure with a happy ending.
Turtle Bay by Saviour Pirotta ; pictures by Nilesh Mistry, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, NY, 1997
Taro is fascinated by the strange actions of old Jiro-San, who
sweeps the sand on the beach while waiting for the arrival of Japanese sea
turtles ready to lay their eggs.
A BeachDay by Douglas Florian, Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1990
A family spends a day at the beach and enjoys many activities, including looking for shells, and at the end there are pictures of various kinds of shells that you could look for on a beach too.
Lilly's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff, Delacorte Press, New York, 1997
Lilly's summer at the beach and friendship with a Hungarian refugee boy during World War II changes her view of the war and the world. A Newberry Honor Book
Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia Rylant, pictures by Sucie Stevenson, Bradbury Press, New York, 1989
The further adventures of Henry, his father, and their big dog Mudge when they visit an ocean beach.
Seashore by Lynn Huggins-Cooper, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
and David Burroughs, Smart Apple Media, North Mankato, Minn., 2004.
A book about Seashore ecology with Chapters: On the beach -- Left by the tide -- Rock pooling -- Among the dunes -- Following the fish -- Pebbles and rocks -- Seaside treasures -- Try this yourself.
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