'Splish Splash' Beach Books for Kids

We are feeling "summer vibes" with these books about the beach and swimming for kids.

Updated April 24, 2026
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Bluey. Swim school
Paper Book
Go to swim school with Bluey and her family in this fun storybook based on the successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+ Bluey and her family are playing Swim School! But their swimming lessons are proving to be difficult. Can Mum, Dad, and Bingo pass without...
The beach day : three-and-a-half stories
Dyckman, Ame
Paper Book
In the third book in the Bat, Cat & Rat series--a companion to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning Vacation--from New York Times bestsellers Ame Dyckman and Mark Teague, hijinks ensue when the roommates take a trip to the beach in three-and-a-half sweet and silly...
Beach bummer
Higgins, Ryan T.
Paper Book
#1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins celebrates the delights of summer in this bite-sized Little Bruce Book perfect for fans of Mother Bruce. It's beach day in Soggy Hollow! Everyone is enjoying fun in the sun - everyone, that is, except for Bruce. It's...
Our lake
Kang, Angie
Paper Book
CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK * A tender and vulnerable exploration of love and loss that follows two boys as they take their first trip back to the lake without their father, from debut author-illustrator Angie Kang. Today, Brother is taking me up to swim in the lake like Father used...
El Nįo
Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Paper Book
Beach hair
Woodfolk, Ashley
Paper Book
From two bestselling creators comes a lyrical and heartfelt picture book about a multiracial family's trip to the beach that's an ode to family, community, diversity, and--most importantly--fabulous beach hair! When I wake up with the wildest bed head and Mommy...

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