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Gone to the Beach

It's summertime and time for reading is plentiful, so grab your sunglasses and beach towel for these balmy chapter books.

Canton Public Library

15 items

  • After discovering Wind Rider, an abandoned magical sailboat, Max and Sofia arrive on a beach in Hawaii where, with new friend Laila, they rescue newly-hatched sea turtles. Includes facts about sea turtles!
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — JFICTION MARLIN
  • Sofia and her family are headed to the beach for the weekend, and Sofia is packed and ready to go. But once they get to the beach house, it's obvious that Sofia did not pack basic beach gear. Will her beach trip be ruined? Spanish words are used…
    Easy Reader, 2017North Mankato, MN : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2017] — J READER JUL
  • 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.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2021 — JFICTION ELLIOTT
  • Charles Peterson and his pet-fostering family work to teach an untrained English cream golden retriever they found on a beach vacation at the Fair Harbor Inn. The rambunctious pup will learn what she needs to find a permanent home.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2021] — JFICTION MILES
  • JoJo cheers on two friends during a televised baking competition before a mishap forces the team to get creative!
    Book, 2020New York : Amulet Books, [2020] — JFICTION SIWA
  • While spending the day at the beach, Daisy's imaginary friend Posey turns her into a mermaid and they help a lost octopus reunite with her friends.
    Book, 2019New York : Little Simon, 2019 — JFICTION ANNA
  • Mia Mayhem learns some important things about herself and her abilities during a family vacation to the beach
    Book, 2021New York : Little Simon, 2021 — JFICTION WEST
  • When Lily discovers a dolphin in a nearby canal that has been separated from its pod, she knows she shouldn't be spending all her time watching over the creature, but Lily can't help feeling that saving the dolphin may be her destiny.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2018] — JFICTION HAPKA
  • Ava brings her imaginary cat, Squishy McFluff, to the beach, but when Squishy, who can't swim, accidentally falls into the ocean and floats away, Ava has to enlist the help of her mother to try and find him.
    Book, 2016London : Faber & Faber, 2016 — JFICTION JONES
  • When Liberty, a golden retriever puppy, runs away from her family during a beach fireworks display, the Petersons try to bring her home.
    Book, 2014New York, NY : Scholastic, Inc., [2014] — JFICTION MILES
  • 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.
    Book, 2013Chicago : Albert Whitman, 2013 — JFICTION MCKAY
  • Spending the whole summer at the beach, Daisy, who can communicate with animals, and her new friends—a dancing crab and two baby rabbits—join forces to help a dolphin in distress.
    Book, 2011Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011, c2010 — JFICTION VOAKE
  • As her friends in the Critter Club animal shelter care for colorful aquarium fish, second-grader Liz and her family spend a long weekend at the beach, where Liz rescues a baby octopus and competes with an unfriendly young neighbor in a sand castle…
    Book, 2015New York : Little Simon, [2015] — JFICTION BARKLEY
  • Amelia Bedelia and her mother share a summer vacation home at the shore with her aunt Mary and her cousin Jason, who has a wicked sense of adventure and a nose for trouble.
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] — JFICTION PARISH
  • After moving with her parents to a seaside home, Maisie feels lonely until she rescues a magical kitten and the two become instant friends.
    Book, 2013New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013 — JFICTION BENTLEY