41 Children’s Books about Sea Life

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Tide Pools:

1. In One Tidepool: Crabs, Snails, and Salty Tails by Anthony D. Fredericks

2. Ocean Soup: A Book of Tide Pool Poems by Stephen R. Swinburne

3. Seashells, Crabs and Sea Stars: Take-Along Guide by Christiane Kump Tibbitts

4. A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

5. Crab Moon by Ruth Horowitz

6. Grasper: A Young Crab’s Discovery by Owen Paul Lewis

7. Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald

Sea Otters:

8. What if There Were No Sea Otters? by Suzanne Slade

9. A Lot of Otters by Barbara Helen Berger

Sea Turtles:

10. National Geographic Readers: Sea Turtles by Laura Marsh

11. Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons

12 One Tiny Turtle: Read and Wonder by Nicola Davies

13. I’ll Follow the Moon by Stephanie Lisa Tara

I remember reading this book when I was little! I miss it! Definitely a book your little kids should read! :)

Sea Turtles:

10. National Geographic Readers: Sea Turtles by Laura Marsh

11. Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons

12 One Tiny Turtle: Read and Wonder by Nicola Davies

13. I’ll Follow the Moon by Stephanie Lisa Tara

Dolphins:

14. Dolphins by Sylvia M. James

15. National Geographic Readers: Dolphins
16. Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again

by Craig Hatkoff
17.Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival by Janet Wyman Coleman

Whales:

18. Whales by Gail Gibbons

19. National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Whales

20. The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

21. If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano

22. Humphrey the Lost Whale by Wendy Tokuda

23. The Wild Whale Watch (The Magic School Bus Chapter Book)

by Eva Moore

24. The Whales by Cynthia Rylant

25. Pedro’s Whale by Paula Kluth Ph.D

Sharks:

26. Shark (DK Eyewitness Book)

27. National Geographic Kids Everything Sharks

28. Hark! A Shark! All About Sharks (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library)

29. The Everything Kids’ Shark Book

30. The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Will Grace

31. Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton

32. Little Shark: Finger Puppet Book

Octopus:

33. An Octopus is Amazing by Patricia Lauber

34. Squid and Octopus: Friends for Always by Tao Nyeu

35. My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker

General Sea Life:

36. National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean

37. National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh

38. Oceans: Dolphins, Sharks, Penguins and More! by Johnna Rizzo

39. A Swim Through the Sea by Kristin Joy Pratt

40. Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae

My Favorite:
41. Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

41 Children’s Books about Sea Life

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