Lawrence Kid Picks: Oceans of Possibilities: Picture BooksLike this list

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• Alba and the Ocean Cleanup

  Hawthorne, Lara,

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  Alba the fish has spent her entire life collecting precious objects that drift down to the ocean floor. From delicate shells to brightly colored coral, each year on her birthday she gathers one more precious item. But over the years, Alba notices…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Always Remember

  Meng, Cece,

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  When Old Turtle dies and is taken back by the sea, his friends remember that he was a wonderful teacher and friend who made his world a better place.

• The Blobfish Book

  Olien, Jessica,

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  This irresistible book within a book introduces us to Blobfish, known as the ugliest fish in the sea...or is he actually the fish who will steal our hearts? Did you know that the deepest parts of the ocean are over one mile deeptoo far down for any…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boy and the Whale

  Gerstein, Mordicai,

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  Abelardo defies his father's instructions and sets out to free a whale caught in their tangled fishing net.

• Clark the Shark

  Hale, Bruce

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  Clark finds everything about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.

• The Heart of a Whale

  Pignataro, Anna, 1965-

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  Whale's beautiful song calms a wriggly octopus, cheers a sad urchin, and much more but cannot cure his loneliness without the help of his friends.

• Jules Vs. the Ocean

  Sima, Jessie,

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  Determined to build "the biggest, fanciest, most excellent sandcastle" to impress her sister, Jules is foiled again and again by the ocean.

• Ocean!

  Waves for All

  McAnulty, Stacy,

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  Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ocean Calls

  a Haenyeo Mermaid Story

  Cho, Tina,

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  Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her free-diving haenyeo grandmother, a young Korean girl dutifully consumes her grandmother's strength-building abalone porridge and practices her breath control before suiting up and overcoming fears to make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Off & Away

  Atkinson, Cale,

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  Jo fears what lives in the ocean but when her father is too ill to deliver messages in bottles, she courageously takes on the job, making new friends along the way.

• Shine!

  McDonnell, Patrick, 1956-

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  A starfish named Little Hoshi struggles to find happiness in her underwater ocean world and wishes she could be a star in the sky, but with the help of her ocean friends, she discovers the shine within

• Waiting for High Tide

  McClure, Nikki,

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  While waiting with family members for high tide to come in, a youngster who is very knowledgeable about the seashore and what lives there helps to build a raft.

• Wendell the Narwhal

  Dove, Emily, 1985-

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  Everyone in the ocean can make music, except for Wendell the Narwhal. His big, pointy horn can't go "pop" or "clappy clap clap" or even "whoosh". Will Wendell find a way to join in with symphony of sea creatures?