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Oceans, Rivers and Ponds

Do you know any kids who are happiest swimming in a freshwater lake, body surfing in the ocean, or launching a homemade boat down a stream? Or kids who are curious about ocean tides, the physics of water, and the amazing variety of aquatic animals?

Try pairing fiction with nonfiction books and exploring different genres [6] (like poetry and biographies) and formats (like graphic novels and audio books). You'll be creating your own "text sets" — collections of texts focused on a specific topic, such as water, oceans, rivers, and ponds. Reading widely in this way helps children build background knowledge [7], vocabulary [8], and comprehension skills.

You might also want to explore our River Rangers summer science program [9], with a free toolkit ready to print and use!

Oceans, Rivers and Ponds

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Great Fiction & Nonfiction Books

Age Level: 3-6 years old

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All the Water in the World

By: George Ella Lyon

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Rich, rhythmic language combines with lush illustration to poetically describe the water cycle...

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Bear Came Along

By: Richard T. Morris

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Once there was a river flowing through a forest. The river didn't know it was capable of...

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Blue Floats Away

By: Travis Jonker

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Concept Book

A little iceberg strikes out on a big journey in this picture book that explores the wonders of...

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Crustacean Vacation

By: Brian Benoit

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Humans are sure to see themselves in the beach vacation taken by a crab family. From playing in the...

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Deep in the Ocean

By: Lucie Brunellière

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

A little silver submarine maneuvers past masses of busy waterfowl and sea life to plunge from...

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Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

By: Lynne Cox

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Most elephant seals live in the ocean but one prefers the Avon River in Christchurch, New...

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Have You Seen My Duckling?

By: Nancy Tafuri

Age Level: 3-6 years old

An anxious mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling...

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Hello Ocean / Hola Mar

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A child narrates her visit to the ocean, inviting readers to explore it with her. She experiences...

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Here Come the Humpbacks!

By: April Sayre

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

A mother humpback whale and her calf travel from the Caribbean Sea to the coast of New England and...

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Hey, Water!

By: Antoinette Portis

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

An introduction to the water cycle and water conservation for the youngest readers. Join a young...

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If You Want to See a Whale

By: Julie Fogliano

Age Level: 3-6 years old

If a whale is what you want to see — as does the boy in this expressive, delicately...

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In the Small, Small Pond

By: Denise Fleming

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A child (and a small green frog) witness the change of seasons in a small, critter-filled pond....

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Jump into Science: Coral Reefs

By: Sylvia Earle

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Readers explore a coral reef with a snorkeling young swimmer and see what the swimmer sees as...

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Kumak's River: A Tale from the Far North

By: Michael Bania

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Spring comes to a remote Alaskan village, and the ice on the frozen river cracks and breaks and...

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Leopard & Silkie: One Boy's Quest to Save the Seal Pups

By: Brenda Peterson

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Join Miles, a young Seal Sitter at the Salish Sea (aka Puget Sound) in Seattle, Washington, as he...

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Looking Closely Along the Shore

By: Frank Serafini

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A full-color, close-up framed by black and a repeated text focuses the reader's eye. Look closely....

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Looking Closely Around the Pond

By: Frank Serafini

Age Level: 3-6 years old

"Look very closely. What do you see?" It may be something familiar or quite out of the ordinary....

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Make Way for Ducklings

By: Robert McCloskey

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for...

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Mr. Gumpy's Outing

By: John Burningham

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Mr. Gumpy lives by a river. One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat. It is...

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On the Way to the Beach

By: Henry Cole

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Young readers are invited to look and listen as they join a girl on a summer morning walk to the...

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Out of the Ocean

By: Debra Frasier

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Open this book and you'll be walking along the ocean shore, looking for all kinds of special things...

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Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach

By: Melanie Watt

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Scaredy Squirrel comes by his name honestly; he's a bit frightened of just about everything! Can...

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Seashells: Treasures from the Northeast Coast

By: Joanne Roach-Evans

Age Level: 3-6 years old

No visit to a beach is complete without finding shells. Those who visit the Northeast coast of the...

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Swamp Chomp

By: Lola Schaefer

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

As swamp residents move, water ripples and the creatures munch, gulp, swallow and more. Short,...

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The Seashore Book

By: Charlotte Zolotow

Age Level: 3-6 years old

A young boy who lives in the mountains and has never seen the sea, asks his mother to describe it....

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The Water Walker

By: Joanne Robertson

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

The determined story of an Ojibwe grandmother (nokomis), Josephine Mandamin, and her great love...

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Trout Are Made of Trees

By: April Sayre

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

As two children and their fathers explore a stream and its natural riches, a straightforward text...

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Undersea Animals: A Dramatic Dimensional Visit to Strange Underwater Realms

By: Jane Buxton

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Though not for the youngest hands, stunning colors and amazing pop-ups are used to introduce sea...

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Water Is Water

By: Miranda Paul

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Nonfiction

Lyrical language and handsome, realistic watercolors present water in its many forms, from...

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Wave

By: Suzy Lee

Age Level: 3-6 years old

No words are needed to share a child's seaside adventure as she plays with the waves, is knocked...

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We Are Water Protectors

By: Carole Lindstrom

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

An Ojibwe girl confronts a grave situation by channeling age-old wisdom. The “black snake” of an...

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Where the River Begins

By: Thomas Locker

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Fiction

Nature is the star in this affecting tale of a boy and his grandfather who journey to a waterway's...

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Wow! Ocean

By: Robert Neubecker

Age Level: 3-6 years old

Izzy and her sister were mountain girls, so one summer the family decided to go see something new...

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Age Level: 6-9 years old

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A River

By: Marc Martin

Age Level: 6-9 years old

There's a river outside my window. Where will it take me? So begins the imaginary journey of a...

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A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History

By: Lynne Cherry

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Learn how the modern-day descendants of the Nashua Indians and European settlers were able to...

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Along the Tapajós

By: Fernando Vilela

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

Cauã and Inaê are a brother and sister who live in a small community along the Tapajós River in...

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At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critter Poems

By: Leslie Bulion

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Poems introduce sea creatures and their habitats using different poetic forms (e.g., concrete,...

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Beavers

By: Gail Gibbons

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Beavers are fascinating animals. They build their own homes and live in family groups. They keep...

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Bowhead Whale

By: Joanasie Karpik

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Meet bowhead whales in this slim but fact-filled volume. Dramatic illustrations add detail and...

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Coral Reefs

By: Jason Chin

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A girl is transported from the library to an underwater world where she observes coral reefs and...

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Deep Sea Floor

By: Sneed Collard

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Rich, realistic illustrations accompany clear text as readers explore what lives in the ocean,...

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Dolphins

By: Penelope Arlon

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Splendid photographs are used along with a crisp, easier to read narrative to introduce dolphins...

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Droughts

By: Melissa Stewart

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Where do droughts happen? How do we know that we are in a drought? Why is rainfall important?...

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Everglades

By: Jean Craighead George

Age Level: 6-9 years old

As an Indian storyteller guides a boat of children down the sea of grass, he reveals the story...

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Explore Rivers and Ponds!

By: Carla Mooney

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

From puddles to lakes, streams to rivers, and bogs to swamps, each body of water contains an...

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Face to Face with Manatees

By: Brian Skerry

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Two different environments, two different authors, one goal achieved: to bring alive the process of...

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Face to Face with Sharks

By: David Doubilet, Jennifer Hayes

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Underwater photographers, Hayes & Doubilet, provide basic information about their work as...

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Flotsam

By: David Wiesner

Age Level: 6-9 years old

A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam —...

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Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles

By: Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

To help baby loggerhead turtles find their way back to the sea, a group of children involve...

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Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean

By: Arthur Dorros

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Water is always flowing, from a brook to a stream, to a river to the ocean. Read and find out more...

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Galápagos Girl / Galapagueña

By: Marsha Diane Arnold

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

As a Galápagueña, Valentina spends her days observing the natural world around her. This...

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Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale

By: Brenda Williams

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

With lyrical rhymes, readers explore a dazzling underwater menagerie. Each rhyming couplet gives...

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I Know the River Loves Me / Yo se que el rio me ama

By: Maya Christina Gonzalez

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

Whenever Maya visits the river, the river jumps up to greet her. It cools her when the summer...

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Lotus and Feather

By: Ji-li Jiang

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Inspired by the true story of a crane that rescued a Chinese village. One day, when a village...

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Marshes and Swamps

By: Gail Gibbons

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Get an introduction to the concept of wetlands (swamps have trees, and marshes do not) and learn...

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McElligot's Pool

By: Dr. Seuss

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

A small boy is fishing in the tiny, unpromising McElligot's Pool, a puddle that is nothing but a...

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Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story

By: Thomas R. Yezerski

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

The 20,000 acres of wetlands in New Jersey now known as the Meadowlands were once home to...

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Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

By: Linda Sue Park

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

With compassion, the creators present younger readers with a portrait of a life in which...

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Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems

By: Stephen Swinburne

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Meet a sea anemone, sea urchin, a sculpin and other inhabitants of a tide pool through poems (in...

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Oceans

By: Seymour Simon

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Simon explores the magnitude of the oceans and their impact on the Earth's climate. He includes...

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Oil Spill

By: Melvin Berger

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year? This...

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Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf

By: Olivia Bouler

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

One 11 year-old girl can make a difference, as young ornithologist and artist Olivia Bouler has...

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Otters Love to Play

By: Jonathan London

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Head to the river, where a frolicsome bunch of otters plays all year round. Follow the baby...

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Over and Under the Pond

By: Kate Messner

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Discover the plants and animals that make up the rich, interconnected ecosystem of a mountain...

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Pond and River

By: Steve Parker

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

This Eyewitness book examines the relationship between ponds, rivers, and the larger bodies of...

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River

By: Debby Atwell

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Explore the changes that occur through the centuries along a riverbank, from the arrival of the...

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River Wild: An Activity Guide to North American Rivers

By: Nancy F. Castaldo

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Learn about the formation of rivers, the water cycle, and the variety of habitats that exist...

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Rivers of Sunlight

By: Molly Bang

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

How does the sun keep ocean currents moving and lift fresh water from the seas? What can we do...

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Seashells: More Than a Home

By: Melissa Stewart

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Young naturalists discover thirteen seashells in this elegant introduction to the remarkable...

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Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems

By: Joyce Sidman

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

From spring’s first thaw to autumn’s chill, the world of the pond is a dramatic place. Though...

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The Big Rivers: the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio

By: Bruce Hiscock

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

The book focuses on the 1993 floods in the Midwest, showing how unusual weather patterns affected...

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The Boxcar Children: Houseboat Mystery

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with heir...

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The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

By: Joanna Cole

Age Level: 6-9 years old

When Ms. Frizzle drives the Magic School Bus full speed ahead into the ocean, the class takes a...

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The Open Ocean

By: Francesco Pittau, Bernadette Gervais

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Guess whose silhouette? Find out with a lift of a flap. Examine a close-up, lift the tab and up...

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The Raft

By: Jim LaMarche

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nicky isn't one bit happy about spending the summer with his grandma in the Wisconsin woods, but...

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The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just

By: Mélina Mangal

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Nonfiction

Ernest Everett Just was not like other scientists of his time. His keen observations of sea...

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The Water Princess

By: Susan Verde, Georgie Badiel

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce and she...

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Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

By: Vera B. Williams

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Follow the red canoe from page to page as it journeys down river carrying the family on a camping...

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Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube

By: Pat Mora

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Poetry

Evocative watercolors and short, lyrical poems take readers on a trip, “Around our round world”...

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Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems

By: Kate Coombs

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Translucent watercolors and short, varied poems take readers on a trip to the sea. There they...

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Water Sources

By: Rebecca Olien

Age Level: 6-9 years old

How much water is on Earth? This title introduces readers to the different places on Earth water...

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Water Wonders: The Curious Adventures of Sydney & Symon / Las Maravillas del agua

By: Peter H. Reynolds, Paul A. Reynolds

Age Level: 6-9 years old

Fiction

In this bilingual book, two young scientists, Sydney and Symon Starr, a sister and brother team...

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Age Level: 9-12 years old

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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

By: Jen Bryant

Age Level: 9-12 years old

When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the Passaic River as it rushed to the falls. Willie’s...

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Caught in the Rapids (Science to the Rescue)

By: Felicia Law

Age Level: 9-12 years old

During a trip to survey a river, Dr. Bea and Joe are suddenly swept into the water, and must use...

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Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon

By: Sy Montgomery

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The author joins several field scientists to find the mysterious encantado, the pink dolphins of...

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Flush

By: Carl Hiaasen

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the...

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Make a Splash! A Kid’s Guide to Protecting Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands

By: Cathryn Berger Kaye, Philippe Cousteau

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

This book teaches elementary kids about the earth’s water crisis and empowers them to do...

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Muddy Max: The Mystery of Marsh Creek

By: Elizabeth Rusch

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Max and his soil scientist parents live in a marsh where Max discovers mud’s special properties...

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One Well: The Story of Water on Earth

By: Rochelle Strauss

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

All water is connected. Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single...

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Paddle-to-the-Sea

By: Holling Clancy Holling

Age Level: 9-12 years old

A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea....

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River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things

By: Pamela Michael

Age Level: 9-12 years old

The California-based River of Words trains teachers, park naturalists, and others to incorporate...

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Rivers: A Visual History from River to Sea

By: Peter Goes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

Our seas and rivers tell a compelling story about our planet. Take a journey along the most...

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Science Comics: Sharks: Nature's Perfect Hunter

By: Joe Flood

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Sharks often get a bad reputation from movies and television but they’re crucial to a healthy...

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Slickety Quick: Poems About Sharks

By: Skila Brown

Age Level: 9-12 years old

A poem about the well-known Great White begins this handsomely illustrated collection of poems...

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The Aquarium Book

By: George Ancona

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Nonfiction

Take a tour through four national aquariums and learn how they are set up, the educational displays...

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers

By: Langston Hughes

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Poetry

Dazzling watercolors turn Hughes' short poem into an unforgettable glimpse of African...

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The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans

By: Elizabeth Rusch

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Journey to the wave-battered coast of the Pacific Northwest to meet some of the engineers and...

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Water: A Deep Dive of Discovery

By: Christy Mihaly

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Concept Book

A friendly water droplet character guides children through topics ranging from melting and...

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White Water! National Geographic Kids

By: Brenna Maloney

Age Level: 9-12 years old

From hippo attacks on the Okavango River to Chitina headwaters in Alaska, this chapter book is...

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Wild River

By: P.J. Petersen

Age Level: 9-12 years old

Twelve-year-old Ryan goes kayaking and fishing on a California river with his older brother,...

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Hands-on Activities

Build on what you're learning together through books with these family-friendly activities, experiments, and crafts.

  • 5 Homemade Boats [220]
  • Blow Fish Toy [221]
  • 5 year old testing out water flow on homemade watershed
    Build a Watershed [222]
  • Cardboard Ships [223]
  • child standing on chalk lines in many colors
    Chalk Art with Water [224]
  • Craft a Craft [225]
  • girl holding a glass of water
    Daily Water Log [226]
  • Deep Sea Diver [227]
  • plants that are good for a rain garden
    Design a Rain Garden [228]
  • Is There Kelp in Your Cupboard? [229]
  • Little Drifters [230]
  • an experiment creating a water filter
    Make a Water Filter [231]
  • little girl holding a bottle fillied with water and fish
    Ocean in a Bottle [232]
  • Oil Slick [233]
  • oil spill experiment
    Oil Spill Challenge [234]
  • young child cupping water from a pond
    Pond Dipping [235]
  • Pond Dwellers [236]
    National Wildlife Federation
  • Race Sticks Down a Stream [237]
  • River Music [238]
  • photo of shell fossils
    Salt Dough Fossils [239]
  • drawing of a boat made from soap
    Soap-Powered Model Boat [240] video
  • Stick and Leaf Boats [241]
  • two girls looking at a rock through a magnifying glass
    Stuff to Do Outside [242]
  • drawing of homemade aquascope
    Tidepool Water Scope [243]
  • photo of paper plates decorated to look like potholes
    Wall Porthole [244]
  • Water Conservation at Home [245]
  • a child in a stream holding something in a net
    Water Detective [246]
  • Child looking through a tin can and plastic container at something under the pond water.
    Water Scope [247]
    National Wildlife Federation
  • a water strider on top of a dish full of water
    Water Strider [248] video
  • Water Wall [249]
  • an experiment creating a water wheel
    Water Wheel [250]
  • Diagram of the water cycle
    Water, Ice and Steam [251]

Summer Writing

Give kids a chance to flex their writing muscles all summer long. Try one of these prompts, selected from our writing contest archives and other literacy organizations.

  • Cinquain Poetry Inspired by Nature [252]

Great Websites for Kids

Dive deeper into topics of interest with these media-rich and interactive sites.

  • Brain Pop: Earth Systems [253]
  • Brain Pop: Our Fragile Environment [254]
  • Build a Fish [255]
  • California Academy of Sciences: Live Webcams [256] video
  • Conservation in the Deep Sea [257] video
  • Discover Water [258]
  • EcoKids [259]
  • Gizmos: Earth's Oceans and Water Effects [260]
  • How's My Waterway? (EPA) [261]
  • Humpback Whale Migration Game [262]
  • Kids Recycling Guide [263]
  • Lakes and Ponds [264] video
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Games [265]
  • My Submarine Explorer: Creatures and Features [266]
  • National Aquarium [267]
  • National Geographic Kids [268]
  • Nature Find: Find Parks, Trails, and Other Nature Sites Near You [269]
  • Ocean Adventures: Shark Protector [270]
  • Ocean Adventures: Whale Watcher [271]
  • Oil Spill [272]
  • PBS Kids: Plum Landing [273]
  • Sea and Sky [274]
  • Sortify: Continents and Oceans Game [275]
  • Water Cycle Game: The Blue Traveler [276]
  • Whale Sounds [277] audio

Great Podcasts for Kids

Listen and learn with these podcasts especially for kids. These podcasts are free and easy to listen to from any device via Apple Podcasts [278], Google Podcasts [279], or Stitcher [280] — or from Listen Notes [281], a podcast search engine.

  • Curious About Oceans [282] audio
    Curious Kid Podcast
  • Fun Kids Science Weekly [283] audio
    Fun Kids
  • Ocean of Life [284] audio
    Aaron's World (Season 3)
  • The Big Melt [285] audio
    Earth Rangers / Gen-Z Media
  • The Journey to the Deepest Part of the Ocean [286] audio
    Tumble Science Podcast
  • The Voyage of the Ocean Trash [287] audio
    Tumble Science Podcast

Educational Apps

Educational apps recommended by Common Sense Media and other trusted reviewers.

  • Discovery Kids Sharks [288] $
  • DIY Lake Science [289]
  • Expeditions [290]
  • iBiome: Ocean [291] $
  • iBiome: Wetlands [292] $
  • Journey Into the Deep [293] $
  • MarcoPolo Ocean [294] $
  • Meet the Insects: Water & Grass Edition [295] $
  • WaterLife: Where Rivers Meet the Sea [296]
  • Where's My Water? [297] $

More Themed Resources

Growing Readers Tip Sheets

Simple activities for parents and kids to do together to build reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Read online or print the PDF.

  • Capturing and Sharing Images [298]
    Download PDF: English [299] | Spanish [300]
  • Journals and Field Notes [298]
    Download PDF: English [299] | Spanish [300]
  • Outdoor Explorations [301]
    Download PDF: English [302] | Spanish [303]
  • Meet the Author

    Life deep down in the sea. If you’ve never traveled 3,000 feet down to the ocean floor, listen to science writer Sneed Collard [304] (Deep Sea Floor) describe his adventure in a deep-sea submersible.

Our Summer Blog

Our Summer Blog

  • All About Rivers! [305]
  • Sharks in Socks? [306]
  • Water Words and Watersheds [307]
  • We Are Water Explorers, Raft Builders, and Readers! [308]
  • Adventures of My Summer River Rangers [309]
  • Learning Together: Summer Trips with Turning the Page [310]
  • A Bonfire, a Bookstore, and Whales: Our Cape Cod Adventure [311]

Washington DC for Kids

Places

  • C&O Canal Boat Rides [312] $
  • National Aquarium DC [313] $
  • National Geographic Museum [314]
  • National Museum of Natural History [315]
  • National Zoo [316]
  • Nature Find: Find Parks, Trails, and Other Nature Sites Near You [269]

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