Oceans Storytime
“Oceans of Possibilities” is the theme of the 2022 Collaborative Summer Library Program: https://www.cslpreads.org/ . Of course, oceans and ocean creatures are great themes for California libraries all year long. For an ocean craft project, make paper plate aquariums: Kindergarten Craft: Easy to Make Paper Plate Aquarium (artcraftandfun.com).
Haughton, Chris. Don’t Worry Little Crab. When visiting the ocean for the first time, Little Crab is afraid of the big waves.
Kvasnosky, Laura McGee. Ocean Lullaby. The ocean at sunset is described in this rhyming story.
Lawler, Janet. Oceans of Love. Ocean creatures and their offspring are celebrated in this rhyming story.
Lebeuf, Darren. My Ocean Is Blue. A little girl and her mother spend a day at the beach describing the ocean.
Neubecker, Robert. Wow! Ocean! Sisters Izzy and Jo travel to the ocean.
Scribens, Sunny. Five Little Mermaids. In this rhyming story patterned after “Five Little Monkeys,” ethnically diverse mermaids are shown in different oceans, helping the audience learn names of oceans.
Sherry, Kevin. I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean. A giant squid brags about being the largest ocean creature until he meets someone bigger.
Smee, Nicola. Splish-Splash. The animals from Smee’s Clip-Clop take a boat trip but run into rough seas.
Ward, Jennifer. Somewhere in the Ocean. Different ocean creatures are depicted in this rhyming counting book.
Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool