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We're Going Boating!

These read-aloud picture books will introduce young children to the fun and excitement of boating.

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  • Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
    Book, 1970New York : H. Holt, [1970]
  • Boats

    Speeding! Sailing! Cruising!

    Hubbell, Patricia
    Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate different kinds of boats and what they can do.
    Book, 2009Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Children, [2009]
  • Guirec Soudée tells the true story of his 3,400 mile sea voyage with his pet hen, Monique.
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2018]
  • A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters, canoeing and camping with a family as they encounter the northwoods wilderness in all its spectacular beauty.
    Book, 2020Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
  • Introduces young readers to all different kinds of boats in this bold and colorful board book. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about transportation by boat.
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  • A girl and her dog set out in their canoe one morning, only to be insistently joined by a series of animals, large and small.
    Book, 2003New York : Melanie Kroupa Books, 2003.
  • When Goat appears wearing a raincoat and invites all the animals to go for a boat ride on a sunny day, Dog declines but as heavy rain falls, Dog needs a boat, too.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2020.
  • In this love letter to sailing, artist Nikki McClure tells the story of a restored boat in prose that perfectly accompanies her stunning cut-paper illustrations. Each page is masterful, rendered from a single sheet of black paper with precision and…
    Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022.
  • In a comic take on the house-that-Jack-built formula, a little boy floats down the river in his own boat to study the creatures he finds. The book concludes with eight pages about ecology and the creatures of a northern river ecosystem.
    Book, 2022Toronto : Pajama Press, 2022.
  • Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton and Company, [2021]
  • As a little boat's high seas adventures get underway, disagreeable passengers make her seasick. When she runs aground, will teamwork turn the tide?
    Book, 2017Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]
  • A toy boat gets separated from its owner and has an adventure on the high seas.
    Book, 2007New York : Philomel Books, [2007]
  • A girl uses her imagination to turn an ordinary box into a sailboat.
    Book, 2021New York : Holiday House, [2021]
  • A child and his beloved giraffe go on a grand sea adventure.
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
  • An old red canoe believes its best days are behind it and reminisces on past summers' adventures with a beloved boy until the boathouse door creeks open with the possibility for new adventures.
    Book, 2022Mankato, MN : Creative Editions, 2022.
  • A bear, a moose, and a beaver who are best friends, but often disagree, have a trying adventure when they decide to take a canoe trip together.
    Book, 2013Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2013]
  • A woman in a canoe takes the reader on a journey down the Hudson River, from its source, a lake in the Adirondack Mountains, to the point where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean at New York City. Includes a note on the history of the Hudson River.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, [2019]