Ocean Themed Children’s Books

Below is a compiled list of children’s books that were recommended by marine educators throughout the US.

Reading Books:

• Abby’s Aquarium Adventures by Heidi de Maine (Elementary)
• Abby’s Aquarium Adventures II: Predators by Heidi de Maine (Elementary)
• A Day in the Salt Marsh by Kevin Kutz (Elementary)
• About Mollusks, About Fish, About Wetlands, About Crustaceans by Cathryn and John Sill (Elementary)
• Suzanne Tate’s Nature Series – 34 books of different marine creatures (i.e., blue crabs, flat fish, oyster, manatee, etc.)
• This is the Sea That Feeds Us by Robert F. Baldwin (Elementary)
• Flotsam by David Wiesner

Coloring Books:

• Who Lives in the Deep Blue Sea by Tammy Yee (Ron Hirschi developed information components for the Trust for Public Land’s MUDUP project in Puget Sound)

What books do you use in your classroom? Let us know.