by Kristen Scheeler
Next time you head to the coast for a relaxing beach day, make sure to stop in and grab one of these fabulous titles! These titles range from books that take place at the beach, books about animal friends you may meet at a beach, and much more. Children’s books are listed at the top, followed by young adult titles, and adult books are at the bottom.
Toes in the water + Nose in a book = Perfect escape from a busy summer day.
Children’s Picture Books
Beach by Elisha Cooper
Children’s Picture Book / Cooper
To the beach by Thomas Docherty
Children’s Picture Book / Docherty
Miranda’s beach day by Holly Keller
Children’s Picture Book / Keller
To the beach! by Linda Ashman ; illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Children’s Picture Book / Ashman
At the beach by Anne & Harlow Rockwell
Children’s Picture Book / Rockwell
Bats at the beach by Brian Lies
Children’s Picture Book / Lies
Ladybug Girl at the beach by David Soman and Jacky Davis
Children’s Picture Book / Soman
Scaredy Squirrel at the beach by Mélanie Watt
Children’s Picture Book / Watt
Hot dog by Doug Salati
Children’s Picture Book / Salati
How to code a sandcastle by Josh Funk
Children’s Picture Book / Funk
The big beach cleanup by Charlotte Offsay ; illustrated by Katie Rewse
Children’s Picture Book / Offsay
Children’s Fiction
Summer lifeguards by Elizabeth Doyle Carey
Children’s Fiction / Carey
Mystery in the sand by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Children’s Fiction / Warner
Selena to the rescue by Elizabeth Doyle Carey
Children’s Fiction / Carey
The lighthouse mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner ; illustrated by David Cunningham
Children’s Fiction / Warner
Frankie & bug by Gayle Forman
Children’s Fiction / Forman / E-book
Any day with you by Mae Respicio
Children’s Fiction / Respicio
The boy, the boat, & the beast by Samantha M. Clark
Children’s Fiction / Clark
Piper makes waves by Elizabeth Doyle Carey
Children’s Fiction / Doyle Carey
Children’s Nonfiction
Echinoderms : sea stars, sea urchins, and their relatives by Beth Blaxland
Children’s / QL 381 .B58 2003
Seashore life by Jinny Johnson
Children’s / QL 122.2 .J63 2012
A nature walk on the beach by Louise and Richard Spilsbury
Children’s / QH 95.7 .S66 2015
Seagull by Isabel Thomas
Children’s / QL 696 .C46 T46 2014
Surrounded by sea : life on a New England fishing island by Gail Gibbons
Children’s / F 27 .A75 G53 2005
Be the Best at Fishing by John Allan
Children’s / SH 445 .A44 2022
Sail away : poems by Langston Hughes; art by Ashley Bryan
Children’s / PS 3515 .U274 A6 2015
In the sea by David Elliott ; illustrated by Holly Meade
Children’s / PS 3555 .L5674 I5 2012
Let’s find it! : my first nature guide byKatya Arnold
Children’s / QL 49 .A745 2002
Young Adult
Family of liars by E. Lockhart
Young Adult Fiction / Lockhart
The summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han
Young Adult Fiction / Han
It’s not summer without you by Jenny Han
Young Adult Fiction / Han
Private label by Kelly Yang
Young Adult Fiction / Yang
Skin of the sea by Natasha Bowen
Young Adult Fiction / Bowen
The girl who fell beneath the sea by Axie Oh
Young Adult Fiction / Oh
Instant karma by Marissa Meyer
Young Adult Fiction / Meyer, M.
Young Adult Graphic Novels
The girl from the sea by Molly Knox Ostertag ; color by Maarta Laiho
Young Adult Graphic Novel / Girl From the Sea
Mera : tidebreaker by Danielle Paige ; illustrated by Stephen Byrne
Young Adult Graphic Novel / Mera
This one summer by Mariko Tamaki ; art by Jillian Tamaki
Young Adult Graphic Novel / This One Summer
Queen of the sea by Dylan Meconis
Young Adult Graphic Novel / Queen of the Sea
Adult Fiction
Beach read by Emily Henry
Fiction / Henry, E / E-book / E-audio
Beach roses by Jean Stone
Paperback / Stone, J.
Beach music by Pat Conroy
Fiction / Conroy, P. / E-book / E-audio
Beach season by Lisa Jackson
Fiction / Jackson, L.
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
Fiction / Roberts, N. / Large Print Fiction / Roberts, N.
Sunshine Beach by Wendy Wax
Fiction / Wax, W.
People we meet on vacation by Emily Henry
Fiction / Henry, E. / E-book / E-audio
Beach house reunion by Mary Alice Monroe
Fiction / Monroe, M. / Large Print Fiction / Monroe, M.
The beach quilt by Holly Chamberlin
Fiction / Chamberlin, H.
The beach house by Jane Green
Fiction / Green, J / Large Print Fiction / Green, J.
On the beach by Nevil Shute
Fiction / Shute, N
Adult Mystery
The woman who walked into the sea by Mark Douglas-Home
Mystery / Douglas-Home, M.
The body on the beach : a Fethering mystery by Simon Brett
Mystery / Brett, S.
Death on Nantucket by Francine Mathews
Mystery / Matthews, F.
Hearts of sand by Jane Haddam
Mystery / Haddam, J.
