beaches

"Four bottles wash up on the beach--and each one has a strange note inside! Will Barbie and her sisters be able to follow the clues and solve the mystery of the secret messages?"--Back cover.

"It's a perfect weather for a day at the beach! Barbie's friend Raquelle arrives dressed to impress with a diamond necklace, gold bracelet, and a ruby ring. But when she takes her jewels off to go swimming, Raquelle returns to find them missing! Can Barbie and her sisters discover the true identity of the beach bandit?"--Back cover.

Chad, hoping to work out his frustrations and his anger by taking a summer job as a dunk tank Bozo on the boardwalk at the New Jersey shore, comes to a better understanding of himself and the uses of humor as he undergoes training in the fine art of insults.

The Garcia family is spending a summer weekend at the beach, having a wonderful time playing in the water, and discovering the sand dollars and other small creatures that live along the shore.

Spending the summer marooned with her mother and stepfather in a snooty Massachusetts shore town bores Cassandra until she meets a dreamy stranger who claims the year is 1925, sweeping Cassandra into a mystery a hundred years in the making.

Spending another summer in the picturesque town of Pebble Beach, Maine, teenaged cousins Jessica, Lara, and Greer face new dating challenges.

After their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico and they discover that someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, twelve-year-old Kevin and his opera-singing older sister flee to Venice, California, where they hope that new identities will keep them safe.

Claude is no ordinary dog ? he leads an extraordinary life! Claude and his best friend, Sir Bobblysock (who is both a sock and very bobbly), pack their bags and go on vacation to the beach. They rescue a man from a shark, win a sandcastle-building competition, and hunt for pirate treasure. Of course, they make it back home just before Mr. and Mrs. Shinyshoes come home from work. Quirky, delightfully odd, and positively surreal, Alex T. Smith?s illustrated early chapter book series promises giggle-filled bedtime reading and a laugh-out-loud option for readers transitioning from picture books to chapter books.

Discusses what community service is, how to participate in the projects, and how the projects make the community a better place.