Sea Stories Genre
Books in the Sea Stories genre:
Men Against the Sea (1934)
Captain William Bligh and eighteen loyal men are cast off in a twenty-three foot open boat by the Bounty mutineers and set out for Coupang in Timor, a journey of more than 3,600 miles.
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Pitcairn’s Island (1934)
Following the mutiny on HMS Bounty, Fletcher Christian along with eight of the Bounty’s crew, six Polynesian men and twelve Polynesian women sail for Pitcairn’s Island where they scuttle the Bounty.
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Shark! Shark! (1934)
Author(s):
Lt. Horace S. Mazet
Captain William E. Young
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936)
Tim runs away to sea and has many adventures before he is safe on land again.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Baby Island (1937)
When a ferocious storm hits their ship, young Mary and Jean become stranded on a deserted island. With them are four babies.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Bright Island (1937)
The story of Thankful Curtis, her island home, her time at school and her return.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1938)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Ship that Flew (1939)
Peter buys a model ship from an antique store for “all the money he has in the world -- and a little bit more” and discovers it can carry its owners through space and time.
Author(s):
Hilda Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Nora Lavrin
The Fair American (1940)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Sea is All Around (1940)
Mab has been living with her aunt Sarah in Iowa. Now she is going to live with Aunt Belinda on Nantucket Island.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Captain Kidd’s Cow (1941)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Young Patriots (1941)
Author(s):
Marjorie A. Hayes
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
The Merry Shipwreck (1942)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The White Horse (1942)
Voyaging on the Fair American to Genoa, Sally, Andrew and Captain Patterson are captured by Moroccan pirates.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Big Green Umbrella (1944)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1944)
Tim runs away to sea and has many adventures before he is safely at home again. This is the first paperback edition.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1944)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Censored the Goat (1945)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Fo’castle Waltz (1945)
The artist ships out for the Argentine.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Robinson Crusoe (1946)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Scuffy the Tugboat (1946)
The little tugboat wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1946)
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Oley the Sea Monster (1947)
Author(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
None
The Seaweed Hat (1947)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Seabird (1948)
The Seabird follows the history of American seafaring.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Treasure Island (1948)
When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. This is a much abbreviated edition.
Author(s):
Haydn Perry
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea (1949)
Timothy and Hew join forces with Davy Jones to foil the villainous Dan Scumbril and his dastarly crew in their attempt to take over the ocean depths.
Author(s):
Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s):
William Reeves
Tim to the Rescue (1949)
Tim signs on with Captain McFee for another voyage and meets ship’s boy Ginger.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E. Powys Mathers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Andrew Wyeth
One Morning in Maine (1952)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Merry Shipwreck (1953)
While Captain Barnacle is away, the mice set his barge adrift.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Sailor Dog (1953)
Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Tam Morgan, the Liveliest Girl in Salem (1953)
Author(s):
Ruth L. Holberg
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Tim in Danger (1953)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Fantastic Tale of the Plucky Sailor and the Postage Stamp (1954)
Author(s):
Stephen Corrin
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)
Author(s):
Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1955)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Minnow on the Say (1955)
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Scuffy the Tugboat (1955)
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Viking’s Dawn (1956)
A young man embarks on his first Viking voyage, full of danger and violence and just a little mystery.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Henry Treece
Jim at the Corner (1958)
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Minnow Leads to Treasure (1958)
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1958)
Time and Lucy are invited to cruise on a yacht and are captured by mutineers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Esmeralda Ahoy! (1959)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Fairholme
Pamela Powell
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Wonder Tales of Ships and Seas (1959)
Author(s):
Frances Carpenter
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Gogo the French Seagull (1960)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Boy Overboard! (1961)
Author(s):
Captain George H. Grant
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Tinker and Tanker and the Pirates (1961)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tim’s Friend Towser (1962)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Moon Blossom & the Golden Penny (1963)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
More Adventures of Tinker and Tanker (1963)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Peter the Wanderer (1963)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tim and Ginger (1965)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Boats (1967)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Hurrah, We’re Outward Bound! (1968)
A collection of sea chanteys and salt-water rhymes accompanies the story of the first voyage of La Jeune Francaise from Honfleur, France to New York, Dartmouth and home again.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Robinson Crusoe (1968)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tim to the Lighthouse (1968)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Treasure Island (1970)
When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Adventures of Captain William Walrus (1972)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Enzo Giannini
Pie Rats Ahoy! (1972)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Hop Aboard! Here We Go! (1972)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tim’s Last Voyage (1972)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Star-Spangled Banner (1973)
Author(s):
Francis Scott Key
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Salmon (1976)
Author(s):
Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Dolphin (1977)
Author(s):
Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Ship’s Cook Ginger (1977)
Tim and Ginger are off on another sea voyage. When the crew is laid low by food poisoning the two friends must come to the rescue.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
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
Run Away Home (1982)
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips
Going Places on the Water (1987)
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
Richard Scarry’s Colorful Boats (1990)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Boats (1991)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Skeleton Crew (1992)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
South Pacific (1992)
Author(s):
James A. Michener
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Father, May I Come? (1993)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Benjamin’s Treasure (2001)
Author(s):
Garth Williams
Illustrator(s):
Rosemary Wells
Garth Williams
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