Washoe County Library System

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer,...

"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.

Jen starts to build a sand castle at the beach, and others come along to help make the moat, path, wall, and road around it.

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

Even though Penny is annoyed that she can only find one of her flip-flops on the day she goes to the beach, she discovers a number of uses for it and enjoys her time there.

In simple rhyming text tells a story of a family's day at their beach house by the sea.

A young girl enjoys building sandcastles, splashing in the sea, and making a new friend during an afternoon at the beach.

When things go wrong during a day at the beach, like a ball that drifts away or a gooey ice cream mess, a father could do a lot of things but always picks the loving one.

Illustrations and simple text follow a dog as it chases a ball at the beach.

When they arrive at the beach, two young pandas discover throughout the day that they need their swimsuits, goggles, and shovels, until the driving back and forth to retrieve the items makes their father come up with a creative idea.