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It's beach-read season! While you might prefer to read *on* a beach, the next best thing is reading *about* a beach. Pick one of these up to explore the shores. This is an all-ages list of books.
![Paddington sets sail]( "Paddington sets sail")
![The boardwalk mystery]( "The boardwalk mystery")
![The homewreckers : a novel]( "The homewreckers : a novel")
![Save what's left]( "Save what's left")
![Sunshine Beach]( "Sunshine Beach")
![The Berenstain Bears' seashore treasure]( "The Berenstain Bears' seashore treasure")
![Death on the Riviera]( "Death on the Riviera")
![On Gin Lane]( "On Gin Lane")
![Beach baby]( "Beach baby")
![Machine : a novel]( "Machine : a novel")
![The silent hour]( "The silent hour")
![The swell]( "The swell")
![One summer]( "One summer")
![Goosebumps. Ghost beach]( "Goosebumps. Ghost beach")
![Stella Díaz never gives up]( "Stella Díaz never gives up")
![The lifeguard]( "The lifeguard")
![Palm Beach : a novel]( "Palm Beach : a novel")
![The only survivors : a novel]( "The only survivors : a novel")
![The beach bum]( "The beach bum")
![Clam I am!]( "Clam I am!")
![Fun is in the air]( "Fun is in the air")
![Isadora Moon goes camping]( "Isadora Moon goes camping")
![Beach house]( "Beach house")
![Hana-Kimi : for you in full blossom]( "Hana-Kimi : for you in full blossom")
![Walter the farting dog : banned from the beach]( "Walter the farting dog : banned from the beach")
![Rani's remarkable day]( "Rani's remarkable day")
![Welcome to beach town : a novel]( "Welcome to beach town : a novel")
![M. Hulot's holiday]( "M. Hulot's holiday")
![Here comes Ocean]( "Here comes Ocean")
![The last resort : a chronicle of paradise, profit, and peril at the beach]( "The last resort : a chronicle of paradise, profit, and peril at the beach")
![South toward home : adventures and misadventures in my native land]( "South toward home : adventures and misadventures in my native land")
![Life on the Mississippi : an epic American adventure]( "Life on the Mississippi : an epic American adventure")
![Lev's violin : a story of music, culture, and Italian adventure]( "Lev's violin : a story of music, culture, and Italian adventure")
![Sailing alone around the world]( "Sailing alone around the world")
![Utopia drive : a road trip through America's most radical idea]( "Utopia drive : a road trip through America's most radical idea")
![The shipwreck hunter : a lifetime of extraordinary discoveries on the ocean floor]( "The shipwreck hunter : a lifetime of extraordinary discoveries on the ocean floor")
![Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted : a culinary adventure with 60 recipes from around the globe]( "Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted : a culinary adventure with 60 recipes from around the globe")
![The best American travel writing.]( "The best American travel writing.")
![The republic of pirates : being the true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down]( "The republic of pirates : being the true and surprising story of the Caribbean pirates and the man who brought them down")
![Old world Italian : recipes & secrets from our travels in Italy]( "Old world Italian : recipes & secrets from our travels in Italy")
![A storm too soon : a true story of disaster, survival and incredible rescue]( "A storm too soon : a true story of disaster, survival and incredible rescue")
![Kon-Tiki : across the Pacific by raft]( "Kon-Tiki : across the Pacific by raft")
![Peel me a lotus]( "Peel me a lotus")
![Stranger in the desert : a family story]( "Stranger in the desert : a family story")
![Cheese, wine, and bread : discovering the magic of fermentation in England, Italy, and France]( "Cheese, wine, and bread : discovering the magic of fermentation in England, Italy, and France")
![Pirates of Barbary : corsairs, conquests, and captivity in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean]( "Pirates of Barbary : corsairs, conquests, and captivity in the seventeenth-century Mediterranean")
![The tao of travel : enlightenments from lives on the road]( "The tao of travel : enlightenments from lives on the road")
![101 baseball places to see before you strike out]( "101 baseball places to see before you strike out")
![In a time of distance : and other poems]( "In a time of distance : and other poems")
![Leave only footprints : my Acadia-to-Zion journey through every national park]( "Leave only footprints : my Acadia-to-Zion journey through every national park")
![Time pieces : a Dublin memoir]( "Time pieces : a Dublin memoir")
![Nowhere for very long : the unexpected road to an unconventional life]( "Nowhere for very long : the unexpected road to an unconventional life")
![Escape by bike : adventure cycling, bikepacking and touring off-road]( "Escape by bike : adventure cycling, bikepacking and touring off-road")
![The sunset route : freight trains, forgiveness, and freedom on the rails in the American West]( "The sunset route : freight trains, forgiveness, and freedom on the rails in the American West")
![A place in the world : finding the meaning of home]( "A place in the world : finding the meaning of home")
![Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road]( "Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road")
![The women I think about at night : traveling the paths of my heroes]( "The women I think about at night : traveling the paths of my heroes")
![My fourth time, we drowned : seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route]( "My fourth time, we drowned : seeking refuge on the world's deadliest migration route")
![Our towns : a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America]( "Our towns : a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America")
![Dark, salt, clear : the life of a fishing town]( "Dark, salt, clear : the life of a fishing town")
Because the only "summer slide" around here should be on a playground
![Willa's butterfly ballet]( "Willa's butterfly ballet")
![Bunbun & Bonbon. Captain Bun & Super Bonbon]( "Bunbun & Bonbon. Captain Bun & Super Bonbon")
![Heat of the lava dragon]( "Heat of the lava dragon")
![Felipe and Claudette]( "Felipe and Claudette")
![The greedy gremlin]( "The greedy gremlin")
![Peppa plays soccer.]( "Peppa plays soccer.")
![If you miss me]( "If you miss me")
![Moo dog]( "Moo dog")
![Martin rising : requiem for a King]( "Martin rising : requiem for a King")
![Courageous creatures]( "Courageous creatures")
![The word collector]( "The word collector")
![Freestyle]( "Freestyle")
![Los Tipos Malos en combustible intergalactico]( "Los Tipos Malos en combustible intergalactico")
![Have a heart, Geronimo]( "Have a heart, Geronimo")
![The real princess diaries]( "The real princess diaries")
![The mage]( "The mage")
![Eva at the beach]( "Eva at the beach")
![There was an old pirate who swallowed a map!]( "There was an old pirate who swallowed a map!")
![Merry Christmas, Peppa!]( "Merry Christmas, Peppa!")
![Beneath the bed and other scary stories]( "Beneath the bed and other scary stories")
![Night of soldiers and spies]( "Night of soldiers and spies")
![The not-so itty-bitty spiders]( "The not-so itty-bitty spiders")
![Pig the elf]( "Pig the elf")
![Awesome orange birthday]( "Awesome orange birthday")
![Mi libro favorito en el mundo entero]( "Mi libro favorito en el mundo entero")
![Bad food live and let fry]( "Bad food live and let fry")
![ADHD]( "ADHD")
![Ruth the Red Riding Hood fairy]( "Ruth the Red Riding Hood fairy")
![Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the unpleasant penguins from Pluto]( "Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the unpleasant penguins from Pluto")
![The Bad Guys in they're bee-hind you!]( "The Bad Guys in they're bee-hind you!")
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