Don't be shellfish—share these great ocean-themed youth reads with someone in your life!
Board Books
Baby's Very First Slide and See Under the Sea by Stella Baggott
Shark Bite! by Beatrice Costamagna
Pop-Up Peekabo! Under the Sea by Clare Lloyd
Ocean Life by Jill McDonald
That's Not My Mermaid by Fiona Watt
Picture Books & Easy Readers
Ocean Meets Sky by Terry & Eric Fan
Wave by Suzy Lee
How Deep is the Sea? by Anna Milbourne
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia Rylant
Room on Our Rock by Kate and Jol Temple
Harry By the Sea by Gene Zion
Elementary through Middle Grade
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle*
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
Song for a Whale by Lynn Kelly
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Middle Grade through Young Adult
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane*
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli*
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
* = not owned by Minerva Public Library, but available through holds and in eBook format