Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different

Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on bible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children

The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.

Rhyming text describes a perfect day at the beach, complete with sandy knees, deviled eggs, and a castle with a moat

Women, men, boys, and girls spend a day at the beach enjoying a variety of activities on the sand and in the water

"Chu the panda goes to the beach!"--

Four crocodile friends have many adventures on the way to the beach

Ebb, Flo, Mum and Bird go for a picnic by the shore, but soon some greedy gulls swoop down and eat all the food and Ebb is blamed. Ebb goes off to her favourite place and sulks, but when a storm blows in and it's time to go home Ebb is nowhere to be seen.

The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam

Two toddlers have a nearly-silent adventure at the beach.