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22) Ocean meets sky
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Jacky Faber and her classmates at the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston are kidnapped while on a school outing and transported in the hold of a slave ship bound for the slave markets of North Africa.
24) Sea sheep
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text introduce the reader to sheep that can swim, dive, play pirates, read books, and much more.
25) The Wanderer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A small yellow octopus hatches from his egg and begins searching for something he is certain he is missing on an undersea adventure that leads to new friendships along the coast, an exploration of a sunken shipwreck and the discovery of a loving family"--
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In his signature quirky style, Russell Ayto takes on the plastic crisis in Plastic Pollution Is Ruining Our Ocean! -- a story about a video game-loving boy named Neo and some unexpected aquatic visitors, who need his help. Neo and his grandfather live by the ocean. The ocean has a big problem. It's called plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is also a big problem in Neo's room. His room is a complete mess. Grandpa calls it "an area of outstanding...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
No-nonsense Captain Swashby is used to the sea meeting all of his needs and when, after his retirement, new neighbors disturb his solitary life, the sea helps in just the right way.
30) I love you, Blue
Author
Publisher
Flyaway Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An introductory tale about the impact plastic waste has on the ocean is told through a lighthouse keeper's friendship with a whale named Blue"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When brave mariners Jack, Zack and Caspar build a galleon then set off on an imaginary adventure at sea, they face pirates, a storm, and a shipwreck.
32) Yellow kayak
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A child and his beloved giraffe go on a grand sea adventure"--
33) Small Saul
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Small Saul the pirate is better at singing sea shanties and baking than holding a sword and being a real pirate, and he is forced to prove his worth to his shipmates or else walk the plank.
34) Wave
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
None
Description
A wordless picture book that shows a little girl's first experiences at the beach, as she goes from being afraid of the roaring waves to playing on the shore while gulls soar overhead.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"What's a fairy to do? Jack Frost has stolen three enchanted pearls that control the magic of the oceans. Now the tides are all wrong, the sea creatures are confused, and even daytime and nighttime have gotten mixed up! When Shannon the Ocean Fairy asks Rachel and Kirsty for help, they set off on a magical adventure to an underwater world. But will they find the pearls in time ... or will the girls be lost at sea?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-olds JB Barnes and Sidney Miller meet aboard a scientific research ship after JB is tasked to invite a renowned scientist named Sidney Miller and mistakenly invites a girl with the same name who will do anything to get out of going to summer camp.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The sun shines on the sea. Phytoplankton soak up the sun. Hungry krill feast on the plankton. Next, a shoal of fish swirl around the krill. Then along comes some squid. And on it goes, up the oceanic food chain, from squid to tuna to shark and, finally, to whale. But what is the whale hungry for? Little ones will delight in lifting the flaps to discover what's in each creature's belly-and will enjoy the unexpected twist of the largest animal feasting...
40) The sea runners
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The story of four indentured servants in Czarist Russia in 1853 who escape and travel to freedom by canoe. In 1853, four Scandinavian indentured laborers in Russian Alaska steal a canoe and begin to paddle south toward the mouth of the Columbia River, twelve hundred miles away.
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