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Author
Series
Dora the explorer volume 29
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Dora and Boots go to the beach, but before they can have fun, Mariana the mermaid has to teach Boots how to swim.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 11
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mia Mayhem learns some important things about herself and her abilities during a family vacation to the beach.
46) Summer treasure
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Hannah goes to the beach with her mother, she is shocked to find her first-grade teacher, Mrs. Connor, lying there in a bathing suit as if she were an ordinary person.
47) Eva at the beach
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eva is very excited about a beach vacation with her family and best friend Lucy, but her secret fear of swimming where there might be hungry sharks could keep her from finding the legendary mermowls.
49) Vampire vacation
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The last thing Fang wants is another vacation in Transylvania. He's toured Dracula's castle and the coffin museum enough for an eternal lifetime. Why can't he spend the summer swimming and surfing like his other friends? When his parents refuse, Fang decides to convince them that fun at the beach is possible, even for a family of vampires"--
Author
Series
Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Desmond and Andres battle beach bullies who also happen to be creepy monsters"--
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 131
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"The Aldens visit the shore in New Jersey and help out at an amusement pier that is rumored to be unsafe"--
Author
Publisher
Flashlight Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy builds a sand castle on the beach and a dragon moves in. The boy and the dragon spend the day at the shore flying a kite, braving the waves, defying bullies, and roasting marshmallows, while the boy's parents remain occupied nearby with their own pastimes. When no one believes the boy's story about the dragon, the creature launches into a mischievous mode and wreaks havoc on everything in its path-- or is it all in the boy's imagination?...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the power of human connection, while encouraging empathy and acts of generosity, this story follows two refugee brothers as they journey to a sheltering beach where they are welcomed by fellow survivors.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Cora's sandcastle-building contest is canceled due to litter on the beach, but determined to save her favorite place she, along with a few friends, gets to work picking up single-use plastics that have washed onto shore.
Author
Series
Lulu (Hilary McKay) volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Lulu and her cousin think their vacation house is the most perfect place ever until they find a trouble-prone, stray dog living on the beach.
59) Splash!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Pack a beach bag and join Baby for that quintessential summer activity: a day at the seashore. With a new little pal in tow, it's time to put on sunscreen (rubby, rubby), set up the umbrella (ouch, this sand is hot!), splash in the waves (run away from the big ones!), and build a sandcastle (extra hands help!). And don't forget ice cream! Thankfully, there's a shower for rinsing off that sandy, sticky stuff. There's so much to do and see that it...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looking forward to a summer vacation on the beach resort planet of Alarbus, Tomorrowland's Miles and Loretta discover that the planet's water supply has dried up, compelling a strategic partnership with new alien friends.
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