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The Best Children’s Books About The Seaside

Who doesn’t love the seaside?! Perfect to enjoy on a summer’s day, these children’s books about the seaside are packed with adventures. Immerse your young readers in the magic of the seaside with these children’s books that celebrate the sun, sand, and sea. From tales of friendship and adventure to stories about marine life and beach exploration, these books offer a delightful escape to the coastal shores. Whether your little ones dream of building sandcastles, hunting for seashells, or setting sail on imaginary adventures, these enchanting stories are sure to spark their imagination and ignite a love for the seaside!

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National Trust: Sharks, Seahorses and other British Sea Creatures

Illustrated by Nikki Dyson
2-5
A beautiful fact-filled sticker book perfect for nature lovers. The third in a glorious sticker book series created with the National Trust, this book is packed with facts about weird and wonderful sea creatures and their homes. With four pages of wildlife stickers and a spotter's guide to help identify…
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I’m Thinking of a Sea Creature

Written by Adam Guillain & Charlotte Guillain Illustrated by Lucia Gaggiotti
2-5
Guess the animal from the clues, then pull a slider to reveal the answer! A brilliant non-fiction board book series perfect for little animal lovers. With vibrant energetic artwork and a friendly rhyming text, these interactive books are great for reading aloud. Each child is thinking of sea creature .…
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Sing Along With Me! A Sailor Went to Sea

Illustrated by Yu-hsuan Huang
0-2
An adorable Sing-Along board book story, with five robust board sliders - easy for little hands to use! Each board book comes with a free instrumental and vocal version of the nursery rhyme - simply scan the QR code for little ones to listen and sing along! With bright illustrations…
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National Trust: Go Wild at the Seaside

Written by Goldie Hawk Illustrated by Rachael Saunders
9-12
A seaside guide for young boys and girls with a thirst for adventure. This pocket-sized adventure guide teaches young adventurers about all the fun you can have at the seaside: what to pack, how to spot sea creatures and wildlife, how to catch a fish and much, much more! Children…
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Let’s Go Home, Baby Shark

Written by Carolina Búzio
2-5
Help the baby animals find their way home in this fun new sliding counter series! Meet shark, crab, octopus and puffin - four adorable baby animals who are lost at sea! With easy-to-use moving parts and four unique tracks to develop hand-eye coordination and concentration, babies and toddlers will enjoy…
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National Trust: Look What I Found at the Seaside

Written by Moira Butterfield Illustrated by Jesús Verona
2-5
Discover a world of wonder on a seaside stroll with this beautiful picture book from the National Trust. Chasing waves and having fun, water sparkling in the sun . . . Look what I found! A curly seashell. Inside it shines bright, like a pearl. Set off on an adventure…
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National Trust: The Wide, Wide Sea

Written by Anna Wilson Illustrated by Jenny Løvlie
2-5
A lyrical and inspirational picture book about protecting nature from plastic pollution. When a young child forges a special connection with a seal on a trip to the seaside, their imagination takes them on an unforgettable journey. Through their eyes, we have a chance to explore everything the amazing beach…
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National Trust: Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Seaside

Illustrated by Anne-Kathrin Behl
0-2
Explore the big outdoors in these action-packed animal board books with sliders on every page. Published in collaboration with the National Trust, this brand new series of board books will inspire a love of nature in even the littlest of animal lovers. With vibrant artwork printed on white board, robust…
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Lois Looks for Bob at the Seaside

Illustrated by Gerry Turley
0-2
  A brilliant board book series with bright artwork, big flaps to lift and quirky retro names to get babies, toddlers, and their adults laughing along! This is Lois. She's looking for her friend Bob at the seaside. Is that Bob, behind the bucket? No, that's Geoff. Aren't Geoff's feet…
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National Trust: Getting Ready for Summer, A Sticker Storybook

Illustrated by Kathryn Selbert
2-5
A beautiful sticker storybook to keep children busy in the run-up to summer and during the holidays!</p It's summer in this gorgeous sticker book full of beautiful scenes. Use stickers to fill the woods with bees and butterflies, complete the strawberry-picking scene, add shells to the sand castle and sea…
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Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong!

Written by Dr Nick Crumpton Illustrated by Gavin Scott
7-9
Shark fans will quickly become shark experts with this informative, inventive and entertaining take on an animal book! Do you know all there is to know about sharks? They're all giant, cold-blooded creatures that enjoy eating humans, right? Well, this book is here to show you that you're WRONG! But…
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