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Set sail, tiny sailors!

For children looking for nautical reads this summer, add these picture books featuring boats or lighthouses to your holds list. #IndyPLKids

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  • See what kinds of vessels are out on the water as you float through this picture book.
    Book, 2018Petaluma, California : Cameron Kids, [2018] — J P HAR
  • Simple rhymes take you through a full day on different bodies of water and a variety of boats floating in each one.
    Book, 2020Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2020] — J P ROS
  • Perfect for tiny sailors who are learning the alphabet!
    Book, 2018Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2018] — J P CONCEPT VAM
  • A silly story told in rhyme about Goat and Stoat trying to stay afloat.
    Book, 2024Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow Inc., [2024] — J P LYN
  • A curious mouse finds a boat by his front door and sets sail on a spectacular adventure.
    Book, 2024London : Flying Eye Books, 2024. — J P ROS
  • A young boy learns about Chinese traditions while celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival with his grandparents.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Reycraft Books, 2021. — J P GE
  • Flipflopi

    How a Boat Made From Flip-flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean / by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh Pabari ; Illustrated by Michael Machira Mwangi

    Lodding, Linda Ravin,
    A community recycles trash and flip-flops to build a boat.
    Book, 2023Minneapolis, MN : Beaming Books, 2023. — J P LOD
  • Crue is worried about his first big adventure with his Great Uncle Ollie, bu Ollie helps him cope with his anxieties.
    Book, 2022Fresno, California : Bushel & Peck Books, 2022. — J P DON
  • My Lighthouse

    a Story of Finding Your Way Home

    Gilkeson, Ali,
    Fynn discovers how special it is to live in a llighthouse when he gets lost at sea one night.
    Book, 2024[Colorado Springs, Colorado] : WaterBrook, [2024] — J P GIL
  • "A wise lighthouse guides a young boat through the often-turbulent waters of life"
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — J P FRA
  • An old wooden boat is cleaned up and repaired to be taken out to sea again.
    Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — J P MCC
  • A group of animals must work as a team to stay in a boat together.
    Book, 2021[United States] : Creston Books, LLC, [2021] — J P SAL
  • Bear and her friends prepare for the coming storm. When the river banks overflow, Bear’s boat leads them to safety.
    Book, 2021Wilton, Connecticut : Tiger Tales, 2021. — J P HAR
  • Old MacDonald, his wife, and their farm animals build a boat. ee-i-ee-i-oh!
    Book, 2018San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018] — J P GOE
  • Muon Van tells the story of their family history through a series of wishes where a family packs their belongings and embark on a perilous voyage.
    Book, 2021New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2021. — J P VAN
  • Hope the hospital ship comes to help the ships of the harbor who aren’t feeling well.
    Book, 2021New York : Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, 2021. — J P SAV
  • Life’s challenges are like the unpredictable tides in the ocean. One must have courage when it’s anything but smooth sailing.
    Book, 2021New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — J P BRO
  • Little Ferry wants to be more like the other boats in the harbor who are faster or stronger, but when an emergency erupts, her uniqueness proves to be an asset.
    Book, 2022New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2022] — J P OTI
  • Lily the little sailboat must blow her horn for the bridge to rise and let her and the bigger ships pass.
    Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2022] — J P PRE