"Highlights the bond between a mother and her child while providing a gentle introduction to sign language during their day at the beach"--

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.

A little cat named Sneakers experiences the sights, sounds, and smells of an ocean beach.

"With encouragement from her energetic dog, a hesitant child tries swimming at the beach in her own time and discovers a colorful world beneath the surface in this beautifully illustrated picture book."--

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

When Claude the dog and his friend, Sir Bobblysock, decide to have a vacation at the beach, Claude rescues a man from a shark, Sir Bobblysock wins a sand sculpting contest, and both go in search of pirate treasure.

George wants to build a sand castle that would turn any monster green, but when he meets the strangest creature he has ever seen, the night takes an unexpected turn.

"The last thing Fang wants is another vacation in Transylvania. He's toured Dracula's castle and the coffin museum enough for an eternal lifetime. Why can't he spend the summer swimming and surfing like his other friends? When his parents refuse, Fang decides to convince them that fun at the beach is possible, even for a family of vampires"--

Spending the whole summer at the beach, Daisy, who can communicate with animals, and her new friends--a dancing crab and two baby rabbits--join forces to help a dolphin in distress.

A family spends a fun day at the beach, collecting shells, building sandcastles, and flying kites.