Tidepool Books

At Home in the Tide Pool , 1992. Alexandra Wright. Published by Charlesburg Press.

Colorful, accurate paintings highlight common tide pool animals. For all ages.

Watch the tide pool from low to high tide and your students will be amazed at what goes on over, under, and within the seaweed. Children can observe a miniature version of the ocean's vast ecosystem.

In One Tidepool: Crabs, Snails, and Salty Tails

A great preschool to grade 2 book about little girl peering into a tidepool. The bulk of the book is a "House-That-Jack-Built"-style cumulative rhyme introducing barnacles, fish, anemones, a sponge, snails, crabs, limpets, and a sea star.

It also has a page of field notes that gives brief information about each of the animals.

Seashore (One Small Square) , Donald M. Silver

A great tidepool book for the young science enthusiast. The excellent drawings and explanations will motivate and teach children about tidal areas.

Beautifully illustrated, with a picture reference and glossary, Seashore is just one volume from the One Small Square series of hands-on science books, now available in paperback.

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle. A story about a hermit crab that is trying to find a bigger shell. He makes many friends who help him decorate his shell, such as sea anemones, a sea star, some coral, a sea snail, a sea urchin, and a lantern fish. (Ages 4 to 8)

Kermit The Hermit (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) ,by Bill Peet

Although this tidepool story is about a deep-sea crab, rather than a tide-pool shore crab, the story is delightful and set in rhyme.

Tide Pools: Life at the Edge of the Sea (Nature Watch (Lerner))

Although this book is written for older children, the pictures are great for younger ones and helps them understand how the tides come in and go out, covering and exposing countless ocean creatures.