Ocean Books for Kids

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

Down Down Down by Steve Jenkins

The Big Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer

What If We Had a Pet Shark? by Deanna Chesley

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

Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway

National Geographic Kids Sea Turtles

National Geographic Kids Coral Reefs

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

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

The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Clumsy Crab by Ruth Galloway

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

National Geographic Kids In the Ocean

National Geographic Kids At the Beach

What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

A Day in the Life: Sea Animals Jelly Fish

An Octopus is Amazing by Patricia Lauber

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

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

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

Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae

Sharks and Dolphins A Compare and Contrast Book by Kevin Kurtz

Super Sandcastle Saturday by Stuart J. Murphy

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!

Watch this video for Ocean Activities for math, literacy, and science!

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