Ocean Books for Kids

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Learning about the ocean is the perfect end of year theme! It’s full of color, wonder, and there are so many standards you can review all while learning about the ocean and the animals that live in it! I love collecting ocean books because they are a great mix of fiction and non-fiction, full of vocabulary, and imagination! Here are 23 Ocean books for kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade classroom. Add these to your wish list or check them out at your local public library! This list will grow as I find new ocean books!

Find my favorite Ocean Activities for End of the Year here.

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Ocean Books for Kids

Ocean Full of Wonder by Anna Smithers

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Down Down Down by Steve Jenkins

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

The Big Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

What If We Had a Pet Shark? by Deanna Chesley

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Shark Lady The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

National Geographic Kids Sea Turtles

National Geographic Kids Coral Reefs

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Clumsy Crab by Ruth Galloway

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

National Geographic Kids In the Ocean

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

National Geographic Kids At the Beach

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

A Day in the Life: Sea Animals Jelly Fish

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

An Octopus is Amazing by Patricia Lauber

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Rory Quest for the Northern Lights by Sarah Cullen and Carmen Ellis

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Stella the Shark who Loves Treasure by Sarah Cullen and Carmen Ellis

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Sharks and Dolphins A Compare and Contrast Book by Kevin Kurtz

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

Super Sandcastle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy

ocean books for kids kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade

I hope you found some ocean books to add to your lesson plans, book shelf, or library center!

You can find all of these books on my Ocean Books Amazon List here!

Find more of my other favorite books on my Amazon Lists here!

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