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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.
![Abuelo, the sea, and me]( "Abuelo, the sea, and me")
![Baywatch]( "Baywatch")
![The lifeguard]( "The lifeguard")
![Poppleton and friends]( "Poppleton and friends")
![Save what's left]( "Save what's left")
![Imagine summer : a novel]( "Imagine summer : a novel")
![Nantucket nights]( "Nantucket nights")
![Little houses]( "Little houses")
![As close to us as breathing : a novel]( "As close to us as breathing : a novel")
![Shelby & Watts]( "Shelby & Watts")
![Duck & Goose go to the beach]( "Duck & Goose go to the beach")
![Surfside girls. The mystery at the old rancho]( "Surfside girls. The mystery at the old rancho")
![Billie and Bean at the beach]( "Billie and Bean at the beach")
![Welcome to beach town : a novel]( "Welcome to beach town : a novel")
![Summer by the sea]( "Summer by the sea")
![Welcome to beach town : a novel]( "Welcome to beach town : a novel")
![At the beach]( "At the beach")
![Whale done : a FunJungle novel]( "Whale done : a FunJungle novel")
![Surf's up, creepy stuff!]( "Surf's up, creepy stuff!")
![Where there's smoke]( "Where there's smoke")
![Sea monsters : a novel]( "Sea monsters : a novel")
![Mina qu hai tan = Mina goes to the beach]( "Mina qu hai tan = Mina goes to the beach")
![A day for sandcastles]( "A day for sandcastles")
![M. Hulot's holiday]( "M. Hulot's holiday")
![The beach trap]( "The beach trap")
![On Gull Beach]( "On Gull Beach")
![D.W. all wet]( "D.W. all wet")
![Paradise girls : a novel]( "Paradise girls : a novel")
![The unofficial guide to Mexico's best beach resorts.]( "The unofficial guide to Mexico's best beach resorts.")
![Beach baby]( "Beach baby")
![The far land : 200 years of murder, mania, and mutiny in the South Pacific]( "The far land : 200 years of murder, mania, and mutiny in the South Pacific")
![Imagine a city : a pilot's journey across the urban world]( "Imagine a city : a pilot's journey across the urban world")
![Nein, nein, nein! : one man's tale of depression, psychic torment, and a bus tour of the holocaust]( "Nein, nein, nein! : one man's tale of depression, psychic torment, and a bus tour of the holocaust")
![Becoming Forrest : one man's epic run across America]( "Becoming Forrest : one man's epic run across America")
![Figures in a landscape : people and places : essays: 2001-2016]( "Figures in a landscape : people and places : essays: 2001-2016")
![Holy Rover : journeys in search of mystery, miracles and and God]( "Holy Rover : journeys in search of mystery, miracles and and God")
![The hour of land : a personal topography of America's national parks]( "The hour of land : a personal topography of America's national parks")
![Northland : a 4,000-mile journey along America's forgotten border]( "Northland : a 4,000-mile journey along America's forgotten border")
![The Amur River : between Russia and China]( "The Amur River : between Russia and China")
![The Outer Beach : a thousand-mile walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic shore]( "The Outer Beach : a thousand-mile walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic shore")
![Kings of the Yukon : one summer paddling across the far north]( "Kings of the Yukon : one summer paddling across the far north")
![The Not-Quite States of America : dispatches from the territories and other far-flung outposts of the USA]( "The Not-Quite States of America : dispatches from the territories and other far-flung outposts of the USA")
![Nowhere for very long : the unexpected road to an unconventional life]( "Nowhere for very long : the unexpected road to an unconventional life")
![The tao of travel : enlightenments from lives on the road]( "The tao of travel : enlightenments from lives on the road")
![Water, wood, and wild things : learning craft and cultivation in a Japanese mountain town]( "Water, wood, and wild things : learning craft and cultivation in a Japanese mountain town")
![Joy hunter : messy faceplants, radical love, and the journey that changed everything]( "Joy hunter : messy faceplants, radical love, and the journey that changed everything")
![Three tigers, one mountain : a journey through the bitter history and current conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan]( "Three tigers, one mountain : a journey through the bitter history and current conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan")
![Fresh air fiend : travel writings, 1985-2000]( "Fresh air fiend : travel writings, 1985-2000")
![The long way home : detours and discoveries]( "The long way home : detours and discoveries")
![Border crossings]( "Border crossings")
![Six walks : in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau]( "Six walks : in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau")
![Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey into the heart of Africa]( "Olive the Lionheart : lost love, imperial spies, and one woman's journey into the heart of Africa")
![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 puma years : a memoir]( "The puma years : a memoir")
![A Paris year : my day-to-day adventures in the most romantic city in the world]( "A Paris year : my day-to-day adventures in the most romantic city in the world")
![The traveling feast : on the road and at the table with my heroes]( "The traveling feast : on the road and at the table with my heroes")
![Easy beauty : a memoir]( "Easy beauty : a memoir")
![Wild by nature : from Siberia to Australia, three years alone in the wilderness on foot]( "Wild by nature : from Siberia to Australia, three years alone in the wilderness on foot")
![Wherever you go : a guide to mindful, sustainable, and life-changing travel]( "Wherever you go : a guide to mindful, sustainable, and life-changing travel")
![The sun is a compass : a 4,000-mile journey into the Alaskan wilds]( "The sun is a compass : a 4,000-mile journey into the Alaskan wilds")
Because the only "summer slide" around here should be on a playground
![Wyoming]( "Wyoming")
![The haunting]( "The haunting")
![Nikki Tesla and the traitors of the lost spark]( "Nikki Tesla and the traitors of the lost spark")
![What would she do? : 25 true stories of trailblazing rebel women]( "What would she do? : 25 true stories of trailblazing rebel women")
![Kitty school]( "Kitty school")
![Cat-tastic heroes to the rescue!]( "Cat-tastic heroes to the rescue!")
![Evie scruffypup's surprise]( "Evie scruffypup's surprise")
![The Harlem charade]( "The Harlem charade")
![Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets]( "Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets")
![Alicia the Snow Queen fairy]( "Alicia the Snow Queen fairy")
![Escape from Chernobyl]( "Escape from Chernobyl")
![When the world turned upside down]( "When the world turned upside down")
![Peppa plays soccer.]( "Peppa plays soccer.")
![What if you had T. rex teeth : and other dinosaur parts]( "What if you had T. rex teeth : and other dinosaur parts")
![Barakah Beats]( "Barakah Beats")
![Mariana the Goldilocks fairy]( "Mariana the Goldilocks fairy")
![The cloud kingdom]( "The cloud kingdom")
![The Crystal Caverns]( "The Crystal Caverns")
![Tsunamis]( "Tsunamis")
![Kendall's snow fort]( "Kendall's snow fort")
![Almond]( "Almond")
![Unplugged]( "Unplugged")
![The nature club]( "The nature club")
![Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the mutant mosquitoes from Mercury]( "Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the mutant mosquitoes from Mercury")
![The cheese experiment]( "The cheese experiment")
![La princesse de l'eau claire : D'après les souvenirs d'enfance de Georgie Badiel]( "La princesse de l'eau claire : D'après les souvenirs d'enfance de Georgie Badiel")
![Supersize animals]( "Supersize animals")
![The magical tale of Ben and Holly]( "The magical tale of Ben and Holly")
![The Aurelia curse]( "The Aurelia curse")
![Diana, Princess of Wales]( "Diana, Princess of Wales")
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