"Make A Splash" Summer Reading Lists

Looking for books about water related topics?

Check out our helpful reading lists for suggestions. The lists are organized by topic with title and author followed by their library call number to help you find them at the library.



ASSORTED SEA CREATURES

GENERAL

Animals that Live in the Sea, Joan Ann Straker [E 591.77 Str]
The Deep-Sea Floor: The Animals that Live in the Sea, Sneed B. Collard [E 591.77 Col]
Houses From the Sea, Alice E. Goudey [E 594 Gou]
Into the Sea, Brenda Z. Guiberson [E 597.92 Gui]
Is this a House for a Hermit Crab?, Megan McDonald [E 595.38 McD]
The Man-of-War at Sea, David Shale [E 593.71 Sha]
One Night in the Coral Sea, Sneed B. Collard [E 593.6 Col]
Mussels: Hard-Shelled Mollusks, Andreu Llamas [E 594.4 Lla]
Rays: Animals with an Electric Charge, Andreu Llamas [E 597.35 Lla]
Sea Squares, Joy N. Hulme [E 513.5 Hul]
Somewhere in the Ocean, Jennifer Ward [E 574.52 War]
Sponges: Filters of the Sea, Andreu Llamas [E 593.4 Lla]

DOLPHINS
Here Come the Dolphins!, Alice E. Goudey [E 599.53 Gou]
Oceans: Dolphins, Sharks, Penguins and More!, Johanna Rizzo [E 551.46 Riz]

OCTOPUS
An Octopus Followed Me Home, Dan Yaccarino [E Fic Yac]
How to Hide an Octopus & Other Sea Creatures, Ruth Heller [E 594 Hel]

SEAHORSES
Mister Seahorse, Eric Carle [E Fic Car]

SEALS
The Seafaring Seals, Bill Martin [E 599.74 Mar]
Seals, Wayne Lynch [E 599.74 Lyn]
The Wonderful World of Seals and Whales, Sandra Lee Crow [599.74 Cro]

SHARKS
All About Sharks, Jim Arnoksy [E 597.31 Arn]
Sharks and Troubled Waters, Margaret Harris [E 597.31 Har]
The World of Sharks, Sarah Palmer [E 597.31 Pal]

TURTLES
Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!, April Pulley Sayre [E Fic Say]

WHALES
First Look at Whales, Millicent Ellis Selsam [E 599.5 Sel]
The Blue Whale, Donna K. Grosvenor [E 599.53 Gro]
Going on a Whale Watch, Bruce McMillan [E 599.53 McM]
How Big is a Whale?, Jinny Johnson [E 591.4 Joh]
I Wonder if I'll See a Whale, Frances Ward Weller [E Fic Wel]
The Lonley Whale, David Bennett [E Fic Ben]
My Friend Whale, Simon James [E 599.53 Jam]
The Singing Whales, Bill Martin [E 599.53 Mar]
A Symphony of Whales, Steve Schuch [E Fic Sch]
Whales, Gallimard Jeunesse [E 599.5 Jeu]
Whales! Strange and Wonderful, Laurence Pringle [E 599.53 Pri]

RIVER AND POND CREATURES
All About Frogs, Jim Arnosky [E 597.89 Arn]
Amazing Frogs and Toads, Barry Clarke [E 597.8 Cla]
Amazing Otters, Barbara M. Brownell [E 599.74 Bro]
The Frog, Paula Z. Hogan [E 597.8 Hog]
Frogs and Toads, Kate Petty [E 597.87 Pet]
Frogs, Toads, Lizards and Salamanders, Nancy Winslow Parker [E 597.6 Par]
Hungry Little Frog, Ron Hirschi [E 513 Hir]
Otters Under Water, Jim Arnoksy [E 599.74 Arn]
Slippery, Slimy Baby Frogs, Sandra Markle [E 597.8 Mar]
Tale of a Tadpole, Barbara Ann Porte [E Fic Por]
The Tadpole, Hidetomo Oda [E 597.8 Oda]
Tadpole Rex, Kurt Cyrus [E Fic Cyr]
Turtles, Toads, and Frogs, George S. Fichter [E 597.92 Fic]

FISH
Coral Reef Hideaway: The Story of a Clown Anemonefish, Doe Boyle [E Fic Boy]
Fish, Steve Parker [E 597 Par]
Killifish, Katheleen Pohl [E 597.52 Poh]
Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, Marcus Pfister [E Fic Pfi]
Salmon, Paula Z. Hogan [E 597.55 Hog]

PIRATES
Blackbeard and the Birthday Suit: The Hairest Pirate Who Ever Lived, Mathew McElligott [E Fic McE]
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs, Giles Andreae [E Fic And]
How I Became a Pirate, Melinda Long [E Fic Lon]
Let the Good Times Roll with Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe, A.E. Cannon [E Fic Can]
Pirates Don't Change Diapers, Melinda Long [E Fic Lon]
The Pirate's Eye, Robert Priest [E Fic Pri]
Pirates Past Noon (Magic Tree House #4), Mary Pope Osbourne [PB E Fic Osb]
Pirates Past Noon: A Nonfiction Companion, Mary Pope Osbourne [PB E Fic Osb]
Pirate Pup, Caroline Stutson [E Fic Stu]
Pirates: Robbers of the High Seas, Gail Gibbons [E Fic Gib]

FISHING
Fishing at Long Pond, William T. George [E Fic Geo]
Fishing Day, Andrea David Pinkney [E Fic Pin]
Fishing in the Air, Sharon Creech [E Fic Cre]
Fishing is for Me, Art Thomas [E 799.1 Tho]
Fishing Sunday, Tony Johnston [E Fic Joh]
Gone Fishing, Steven Kroll [E Fic Kro]
A Good Day's Fishing, James Prosek [E Fic Pro]
Surrounded by Sea: Life on a New England Fishing Island, Gail Gibbons [E 974.1 Gib]

THE OCEAN
Ocean's Child, Christine Ford [E Fic For]
Oceans: Dolphins, Sharks, Penguins and More!, Johanna Rizzo [E 551.46 Riz]
Rivers, Ponds, and the Seashore, Sally Hewitt [E 574.52 Hew]
Somewhere in the Ocean, Jennifer Ward [E 574.52 War]
When the Tide is Low, Sheila Cole [E 574.9 Col]

RIVERS, PONDS, AND STREAMS
Good Morning Pond, Alyssa Capucilli [E Word Cap]
In the Small, Small Pond, Denise Fleming [E Word Fle]
Just a Day at the Pond,Mercer Mayer [E Fic May] 
Lily Pad Pond: Text and Photographs, Bianca Lavies [E 574.52 Lav]
Looking Closely Around the Pond, Frank Serafini [E 578.76 Ser]
Pond, Gordon Morrison [E 574.52 Mor]
Rivers, Ponds, and the Seashore, Sally Hewitt [E 574.52 Hew]
When the Rivers Go Home, Ted Lewin [E 574.52 Lew]

AT THE BEACH, THE SEASHORE
Explore the Seashore, William Hopkins Amos [E 574.9 Amo]
Rivers, Ponds, and the Seashore, Sally Hewitt [E 574.52 Hew]
Seashells, Gina Ingoglia [E 594 Ing]
When the Tide is Low, Sheila Cole [E 574.9 Col]
Flotsam, David Wiesner [E Fic Wie]
Shells, Shells, Shells, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace [E Fic Wal]

BOATS

DRINKING WATER
Drip! Drop! How Water Gets to your Tap, Barbara Seuling [E 628.1 Seu]
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, Joanna Cole [E Fic Col]
Water, Frank Asch [E 553.7 Asc]
The Water's Journey, Eleonore Schmid [E 551.26 Sch]
Why Should I Save Water?, Jen Green [E 333.9 Gre]