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  Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Day at the Beach

  Booth, Tom, 1983-

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  "When Gideon decides that he is going to build the most spectacular sandcastle anyone has ever seen without the help of his little sister Audrey, his day at the beach becomes a lesson in sibling bonding."

• Clem and Crab

  Lumbers, Fiona,

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  "A girl helps a crab with plastic wound around its claw while she is cleaning up a beach, and ends up inspiring others to take care of the beach as well."

• The Sandcastle That Lola Built

  Maynor, Megan,

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  "Clem is an explorer, a collector, a protector of the seas! Treasure hunting on her beloved beach, she stumbles across Crab, his claw stuck in a plastic bag. Crab will be much safer and happier in the city with Clem, but doesn't he belong on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Storm Whale

  Davies, Benji,

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  "Every day, in a house by the sea, a little boy watches his father leave for a long day's work. One night, a great storm washes a small whale onto the beach. The boy discovers the whale is a good listener. The father discovers the boy is lonely.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There Might Be Lobsters

  Crimi, Carolyn,

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  "Lots of things at the beach scare Sukie. Lots. Because she is just a small dog, and the stairs are big and sandy, and the waves are big and whooshy, and the balls are big and beachy. And besides, there might be lobsters. With endearing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am a Bird

  Walrath, Dana,

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  "Every day, a little girl rides to school on the back of her father’s bike. As they twist and turn through the streets, the little girl spreads her arms like wings and sings her birdsong for all to hear. But when they pass a strange woman in blue…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Big Beach Cleanup

  Offsay, Charlotte,

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  "Cora's sandcastle-building contest is canceled due to litter on the beach, but determined to save her favorite place she, along with a few friends, gets to work picking up single-use plastics that have washed onto shore."

• A Mermaid Girl

  Rafi, Sana,

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  "Wearing her burkini to the community pool for the first time, Heba stands out more than she likes, but she shows her friends that she can swim and play the same way they can, even though her swimsuit looks different."

• If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!

  Parsley, Elise,

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  "If your mom says to get ready to play at the beach, she means with a boat, or a Frisbee, or a shovel. She is NOT talking about the piano. But Magnolia is a little girl with a big idea, determination, and one very heavy upright piano that, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jules Vs. the Ocean

  Sima, Jessie,

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  "Jules is going to build the biggest, the fanciest, and the most excellent sandcastle. Her sister will be so impressed. But the ocean has other plans. Jules keeps building bigger, fancier, and more excellent castles, and waves keep smashing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Is (not) Perfect

  Kang, Anna,

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  "Two fuzzy creatures are happily putting the finishing touches on their sandcastle when each of them thinks of something that would make it even better. As they work furiously to incorporate each new change, their tiny sandcastle becomes an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seaside Stroll

  Trevino, Charles,

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  "Explore the beach in winter in this story told through clever language. During a sunset beach saunter , a girl stumbles and drops her doll into a tidal pool. Soaked! Celebrating the natural silence of an off-season location, the surf and sand are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sora's Seashells

  Rhee, Helena Ku,

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  "Every summer, when Sora's Halmoni, or grandmother, visits from South Korea, the two of them take the bus to the beach to search for seashells. While Sora likes to take all of them back with her, Halmoni always leaves the prettiest shell for someone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beach Bummer

  Higgins, Ryan T.,

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  "It's beach day in Soggy Hollow! Everyone is enjoying fun in the sun - everyone, that is, except for Bruce. It's too hot, too sandy, and too windy! Bruce's favorite thing about summer? Doing nothing. In the shade. Where it's cool. Bruce's second…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There's a Beach in My Bedroom

  Jonas, Kevin, 1987-

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  "Bella loves the beach. She loves the flip and flop slap of her feet on the sand. She loves the crash, crash, crash of the ocean waves. And she loves the gentle shush, shush of the beach umbrella in the breeze. But a rainstorm hits and Bella’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation