When the Bear family goes to the seashore, they find a map which they hope will lead them to buried treasure.

A boy and his pet dragon celebrate the Fourth of July by going to the beach, having a picnic, and watching fireworks. Includes reading activities.

"The story of a boy's visit to the beach, Beach Feet opens with a small boy feeling the heat of the sand and then running towards the ocean. Free and independent despite his young age and the tube around his waist, the boy gives himself over to the ocean and the pleasures to be had at water's edge. Throughout, the boy's connection to the beach through his feet-the feel of sand, shells, water-is never lost"--

A family revisits the site of a beloved summer house destroyed by a storm and finds only remnants of the house but all of the joy of vacations past.

Whistler and Lila, two of the mice children who live in a lighthouse, meet a young octopus when they visit the beach during low tide.

After a long winter, the mice Whistler and Lila invite a sleepy bear to have breakfast at the lighthouse, but when he falls asleep in the garden for forty-three days, they realize he might not be done hibernating.

While spending two weeks at the New Jersey shore as mother's helpers, Mary Anne objects when Stacey neglects her babysitting duties after falling in love with Scott the lifeguard.

The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they always are.

In July, 1916, Chet Roscow's fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.

Beautifully illustrated and lyrical, this gentle narrative explains the difficult concept of death to children. Miguel and Ines are very close friends; everyday they play outside, telling the ants to walk in a single line, the snails not to run, and the rocks on the ground to sit still. But one day Miguel doesn't come out to play, and Inés learns what it means for someone to pass away. Perfect for parents and educators, this sensitive book treats...