sea stories

"Harry Hammer's latest hero, Terranaut Buzz Sharkfin, is planning a mission to outer space, which to a shark is planet Earth! Harry and his lifelong frenemy Rick Reef are chosen for Buzz's daring mission, but daring turns dangerous when the guys come fin-to-fin with dogs, cars, and--yikes!--humans in this strange and wacky new world"--Back cover.

Dive in to the exciting undersea world of Harry Hammer, a hammerhead shark, and his fishy friends, who are never more than a bite away from (mis)adventure in this fin-tastic chapter book series!.

"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving abilities and overcome her fear of the ocean when Uncle Tanaka is suddenly in distress"--Provided by publisher.

As the fish zooms through its ocean home, emergent readers will have a blast seeing all the different animals that the fish encounters.

A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the "Endeavor" which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.

"The story of cat Jacob Tibbs, runt of the litter, and his exploits on the high seas as a ship's mouser"--Provided by publisher.

"Everyone said the original Titanic was unsinkable. We all know how that story ended. The new Titanic is also supposedly unsinkable. But there are worse things than drowning as Jimmy Armstrong quickly finds out. Stowing away wasn't one of his better ideas but having to work his passage and put up with spoilt girl Claire is enough to make anyone want to jump overboard...That is until he finds out about a mysterious, incurable disease rapidly infecting the population, suddenly being at sea seems the safest place to be..."--Amazon.com.

When best friends Kondo and Kezumi return home from their island adventures they discover something unexpected occupying their tower.

"Captain Barbosa sails with his trusty shipmates--a mosquito, a crocodile, and an elephant--and when a seagull steals his treasured skull hat, Barbosa and his crew give chase"--Provided by publisher.