Helen Plum Library

Vampirina, the little vampire ballet dancer, shows how to have fun and be safe at the beach

While hoping to work as the clown in an amusement park dunk tank on the New Jersey shore the summer before his junior year in high school, Chad faces his best friend's serious illness, hassles with police, and the girl that got away

Illustrations and easy-to-read text relate a trip to the beach that features a man in a funny hat--or hat on a funny man, a sandy lunch and swimsuit, and a high-flying kite

While visiting his girlfriend Summer in Malibu, Teddy stumbles upon two mysteries involving a blown up whale explosion and a string of beach sand thefts, but his investigation is sidetracked by a rumor that his girlfriend is dating a celebrity, leading him to question their relationship

Rhyming text describes a perfect day at the beach, complete with sandy knees, deviled eggs, and a castle with a moat

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a child through a day of surprises at the beach

A smug seagull that loves swiping beach-goers' snacks gets a taste of his own medicine from a patient crab

Scaredy Squirrel doesn't like crowds so he doesn't go to the beach, he builds his own. However, something is missing so he needs to go to the real beach and retrieve it

Meeting an untrained English cream golden retriever while on a beach vacation at the Fair Harbor Inn, Charles Peterson and his pet-fostering family work to teach the rambunctious pup what she needs to learn to find a permanent home

When twelve-year-old Sadie is fired from her mother's wedding planning company, after a disastrous mishap, she starts her own party planning business and recruits her three best friends