In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a shell, a crab, a fish, a gull, a pail, some sand, and a wave.

Women, men, boys, and girls spend a day at the beach enjoying a variety of activities on the sand and in the water.

Relates a young girl's early morning trip to the ocean with her mother on the first day of summer vacation.

A deaf boy and his father share a special time as they watch the sun rise at the beach.

When the Bear family goes to the seashore, they find a map which they hope will lead them to buried treasure.

When fourteen-year-old Sylvia McLuckie, her ten-year-old brother Walter, and their quirky father move to a cottage by the sea, their new home's eerie reputation forces them to confront some surprising ghosts from their past.

I went for a walk at the seashore today. I saw lots of pretty little seashells! 1 diving gray dolphin, 2 striped beach umbrellas, 3 leaping fishes and so much more. What a good walk I had! - back cover

Living in a small beach community with her mother, fifteen-year-old Claire, an accomplished swimmer, discovers that, like her long-dead but, still very much present, grandmother, she has the ability to inhabit other people's bodies while asleep.

A little girl visits the ocean and discovers many things about the seashore and the creatures who live there.

On a summer vacation at the seashore, three little Swedish boys almost float away in a washtub before they learn to swim well enough to place first, second, and third in the boys races.