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
National Geographic Kids Sea Turtles
National Geographic Kids Coral Reefs
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
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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