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22) Ocean meets sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A little boy builds a ship to honor his late grandfather and sets sail for the magical place where ocean meets sky from his grandfather's stories"--
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Language
English
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"Compulsively readable."--New York Times Book Review The extraordinary new thriller from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling murder mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award. A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Moana has lived on the island of Motunui her whole life, just like her parents before her and their parents before them. She loves the community in her happy village, from the farmers growing plentiful crops, to the talented basket weavers, to the fisherman filling their nets in the lagoon. As daughter of the chief, Moana knows that one day the village and all its inhabitants will be her responsibility. This is a bit daunting, particularly as a piece...
26) Wave
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book that shows a little girl's first experiences at the beach, as she goes from being afraid of the roaring waves to playing on the shore while gulls soar overhead.
28) Wow! Ocean!
Author
Series
Izzy books (Robert Neubecker) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Izzy and her sister Jo travel from the mountains to the ocean they find a wealth of things to be excited about.
Author
Language
English
Description
When the brig Amaryllis was swallowed in a hurricane, the captain and all the crew were swallowed too. For thirty years, the captain's widow, Geneva Reade, has waited, certain that her husband will send her a message from the bottom of the sea. But someone else is waiting too, and watching her, a man called Seward. Into this haunted situation comes Jenny, the widow's granddaughter. The three of them are drawn into a kind of deadly game with one...
30) Sea mysteries
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Presents mysteries of the world's oceans, including lost treasures, pirates, sea monsters, shipwrecks, wartime sinkings, and explorations.
31) Sea sheep
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text introduce the reader to sheep that can swim, dive, play pirates, read books, and much more.
32) Here comes Ocean
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a child through a day of surprises at the beach.
33) The dark frigate
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English
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In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.
34) Treasure Island
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Language
English
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When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor's sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates -- led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver -- will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs....
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-olds JB Barnes and Sidney Miller meet aboard a scientific research ship after JB is tasked to invite a renowned scientist named Sidney Miller and mistakenly invites a girl with the same name who will do anything to get out of going to summer camp.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of seagoing epics now celebrates an American classic.
Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning...
Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning...
40) Hello, Ocean
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.
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