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Sea Stories Genre
Books in the Sea Stories genre:
Mutiny on the Bounty (1978)
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Made in the South Pacific: Arts of the Sea People (1979)
A survey of the arts and crafts of the Polynesian peoples.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Christine Price
Tinker and Tanker: Tales of Pirates and Knights (1979)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Demetrius and the Golden Goblet (1980)
The King asks Demetrius, a sponge diver, to tell him what he finds on the bottom of the sea. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Master Salt the Sailor’s Son (1980)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Matilda Jane (1981)
Matilda Jane enjoys a holiday by the sea during the reign of king Edward the seventh.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jean Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Run Away Home (1982)
The Marlows help a young boy return to his father, but it requires a dangerous sea voyage.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips
Going Places on the Water (1987)
It’s fun to go on the water by sail, steam or paddle.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Harry and Larry the Fishermen (1988)
Harry and Uncle Larry have fun fishing.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Sea Fairies (1988)
Trot and Cap’n Bill visit the undersea kingdom of the mermaids. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Sky Island (1988)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Beside the Sea: An Edwardian Summer (1989)
Matilda Jane enjoys a seaside holiday during the reign of King Edward the seventh.
Author(s):
Jean Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Richard Scarry’s Colorful Boats (1990)
The harbor is filled with boats of every color.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Boats (1991)
Pictures of ships and boats.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Ship (1992)
The story of a Spanish caravel and its excavation.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Skeleton Crew (1992)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
South Pacific (1992)
Adapted from the Broadway musical, this book tells the story of Nellie and Emile, Joe and Liat.
Author(s):
James A. Michener
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Walloping Window-Blind (1992)
A rollicking nonsensical sea shanty.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Ted Rand
Father, May I Come? (1993)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Walloping Window-Blind (1994)
A rollicking, nonsensical sea shanty.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Jim LaMarche