"Pete is spending the day at the seashore. He has fun collecting shells and building a sand castle. But the beach is very hot. There is a whole ocean for Pete to cool off in, but it looks scary. Pete's brother, Bob, offers to teach Pete to surf. Will that be enough to help Pete get over his fear of the water?"--Description from Amazon.com.

The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.

The Bear family goes to the beach, but before they can swim in the ocean there's a lot of work to be done.

"A boy and his pet dragon take a family trip to the beach. Together they see sand, seashells, and the water for the first time. This title includes reading activities and a word list"-- Provided by publisher.

As her friends in the Critter Club animal shelter care for colorful aquarium fish, second-grader Liz and her family spend a long weekend at the beach, where Liz rescues a baby octopus and competes with an unfriendly young neighbor in a sand castle contest.

Second-grade graduate A.J. and his family rent a beach house, but summer vacation is ruined when annoying Andrea shows up and develops a crush on the lifeguard.

"Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn't. He doesn't see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they're happy right where they are? But then Goose sees the ocean and loves it. Who doesn't? Well, Duck, for one"-- Provided by publisher.

A child looks back on a day at the beach and drifts off to sleep, one body part at a time.

When his father tells him not to leave the lion he is drawing on the beach, a little boy starts making a very, very long tail--and a trail to follow back.

Turtle and Snake go to the beach, where they and some other animals participate in a sandcastle-making contest.