Children's Reading List
Holiday Gift Ideas from the American Library Association
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Here are some books for children about Cape Cod and the Seashore
Picture Books
The Disappearing Island by Corinne Bliss
Come Away From the Water Shirley by John Burningham
Clams All Year by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
I Saw a Sea Monster, Yes I did by James Coogan
Clarence, the Cranberry Who Couldn't Bounce by James Coogan
Fishing in the Air by Sharon Creech
Nathan's Fishing Trip by Lulu Delacre
Stella by Marie Gay
Teddy Bears at the Seaside by Susanna Gretz
The Little Boat by Kathy Henderson
Sally Goes to the Beach by Stephen Huneck
Sand in my Shoes by Wendy Kesselman
Beach Babble by Kimberley Knutson
Will Goes to the Beach by Olaf Landstrom
Gone Fishing by Earlene Long
Dempsey's Hot Summer by Gretchen Markham
Gus and Grandpa go Fishing by Claudia Mills
Peg and the Whale by Kenneth Oppel
Dune Fox by Marilynne Roach
Alec's Sand Castle by Lavinia Russ
A House by the Sea by Joanne Ryder
Tommy's Mommy's Fish by Nancy Watson
Madaket Millie by Frances Weller
Boat Song by Frances Weller
Riptide by Frances Weller
Sand dollar, Sand Dollar by Joyce Zarins
Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Fiction
Boys and Girls on Olde Cape Cod - Authentic Tales of Early Cape Cod by M. Vuilleumier
Berries in the Scoop, a Cape Cod Cranberry Story by Lois Lensky
Non-Fiction
Cape Cod Light: the Lighthouse at Dangerfield by Paul Giambarba
Cape Cod Seashore Life by Paul Giambarba
Salt Marshes and Shifting Dunes by John Waters
The Story of Cape Cod by Kevin Shortsleeve
Journey Around Cape Cod and the Islands From A to Z by Martha Day Zschock
When the Whale Came to My Town by Jim Young
By the Seashore by Tessa Paul
Seashore Animals by Francine Galko
Shoreline by Barbara Taylor
When the Tide Goes Out by Helene Jordan
Along the Seashore by Margaret Buck
Beachcombing by Jim Arnosky
Seashore Surprises by Rose Wyler
Let's Discover the Seaside by Maria Ruis
First Look at Boats by Daphne Butler
Lighthouses by Jason Cooper
The Good Giants and the Bad Pukwudgies by Jean Fritz (398.2)
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