Water: Nonfiction

Animals

• Alien Ocean Animals, Rosie Colosi, print | ebook
• Coral Reefs, Jill Esbaum, print
• Ink: 100 Fun Facts about Octopuses, Squid and More, Stephanie Warren Drimmer, print
• Jellyfish, Derek Zobel, print
• Platypuses, Karen Kenney, print
• Ocean Anatomy, Julia Rothman, print
• Otters Love to Play, Jonathan London, print
• Narwhal, Grace Hansen, print
• Sea Horses, Christina Leaf, print 
• Sea Stars, Derek Zobel, print 
• Whales: Diving into the Unknown (Science Comics), Casey Zakroff, print

Boats and Ships 

• Alpha, Bravo, Charlie: The Complete Book of Nautical Codes, Sara Gillingham, print
• Capsized: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster, Patricia Sutton, print
• Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World, David Macaulay, print
• Great Ships on the Great Lakes, Catherine Green, print | ebook
• Kate’s Light, Elizabeth Spires, print
• This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, Dave Eggers, print
• Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes, Pamela Cameron, print 

Oceans & Other Habitats

• Atlas of Ocean Adventures, Emily Hawkins, print
• The Fascinating Ocean Book for Kids, Hestermann, coming soon
• Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story, Thomas Yezerski, print
• The Sockeye Mother, Brett Huson, print
• The Tide Pool Waits, Candace Fleming, print​

Poetry

• In the Swim: Poems and Paintings, Douglas Florian, print 
• Sail Away, Langston Hughes & Ashley Bryan, print
• Traveling the Blue Road: Poems of the Sea, print

Scientists

• The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding Coral Reefs, Kate Messner & Matthew Forsythe, print
• Ocean Speaks: Marie Tharp and the Map that Moved the Earth, Jess Keating, print 

Survival Stories

• Hurricane: My Story of Resilience, Salvador Gomez-Colon, print
• The Paper Boat, Thao Lam, print
• The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, Nikole Hannah-Jones, print | ebook | eaudio

Things to Make and Do

• Fishing in a Brook: Angling Activities for Kids, G. Lawson Drinkard, print 
• Kids' Guide to Fishing, Dave Maas, print
• Sea Creatures in Origami, John Montroll, print

Water Cycle, Pollution & Conservation

• Cast Away: Poems for Our Time, Naomi Shihab Nye, print | eaudio
• Ducks Overboard: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans, Markus Motum, print 
• Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home, Michelle Mulder, print
• Nibi Emosaawdang, Joanne Robertson, print
• The Ocean in Your Bathtub, Seth Fishman, print
• We Are Water Protectors, Carole Lindstrom, print | ebook | eaudio