In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.

The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope is a children's novel published in 1907. It is part of the popular Bobbsey Twins series, which follows the adventures of two sets of twins, Bert and Nan, and Freddie and Flossie. In this installment, the Bobbsey family takes a vacation at the seashore. Bert and Nan join a local sailing club and compete in a regatta, while Freddie and Flossie explore the beach and make new friends. The twins also...

Introduces creatures that inhabit the sea and seashore: animals with fur or shells, fins or legs, spiny skins or soft bodies.

A boy and his pet dragon celebrate the Fourth of July by going to the beach, having a picnic, and watching the fireworks.

This book describes "Deltadromeus" and other shoreline dinosaurs and explains what these dinosaurs had in common with today's water-loving animals.

In Aquatic Adventures: Biome Explorers, kids 5 to 8 embark on a voyage to Earth's largest biome: water! Our voyage takes us down the mighty Mississippi River to the Mississippi Delta, to the Caribbean, and then out to open ocean. Muck around on the riverbanks, wade into the ocean, and snorkel around a coral reef to discover the huge variety of plants and animals that live in both freshwater and saltwater. But the voyage isn't over back at the doc....

While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl who mysteriously appeared on the nearby beach.

A boy finds a beautiful shell on the beach and plans to take it home--until he realizes that his souvenir is home to a crab.

Spending two weeks at the New Jersey shore as mother's helpers, Mary Anne objects when Stacey neglects her babysitting duties after falling in love with Scott the lifeguard.

As a boy grows up, he returns to the seashore to ask the sea for answers to difficult questions.