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Down by the sea books 🌊
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items With the sound of waves in the background and the warm sun shining, you find peace in reading one of these books.
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Down by the sea books 🌊
Down by the sea books 🌊
With the sound of waves in the background and the warm sun shining, reading one of these books becomes an enchanting escape. 🏖️
"It's a classic and rightly so. A tale of pirates, the high seas, and of course a treasure map created by the buccaneer Captain Flint."
Treasure Island (Reissue) a book by Robert Louis Stevenson and N. C. Wyeth
"19tth century. Karana is a young indian from a small village living in a remote place; San Nicolas, the island of the blue dolphins. A little islet with mountain, forest, animals, fish and birds everywhere. "
Island of the Blue Dolphins: A Newbery Award Winner a book by Scott O'Dell and Ted Lewin
"This was one of the lovliest books I have ever read. I have read many books and seen many movies about World War II, but this one was the best. It was so real. I felt like I knew the characters and I wanted to run over to Guernsey to meet them in pe...
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society a book by Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer, and Annie Barrows
"In 1966 sixteen-year-old Harriet Vanger, daughter of the CEO of the large family-run Vanger Corporation, goes missing from her family's island community and is never seen again. Not even a body is found, and her great uncle, Henrik Vanger, has explo...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Lisbeth Salander Novel a book by Stieg Larsson
"One of my fave Narnia books when I was a child, the crew of the Dawn Treader are joined by Ed, Lucy and Eustace as they seek out the Seven expelled Lords who sailed East seven years earlier. "
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #…
"Piscine Molitor Patel is a young indian boy travelling with his family aboard a freighter through the Pacific seas, and carrying their precious zoo animals to America for relocation. One stormy night the ship suddenly sinks, and he ends up in a smal...
Life of Pi
"I can't believe that I haven't read The Prince of Tides before now, nor have I seen the movie. I seriously doubt that I will watch it too; it could never do Pat Conroy's literary masterpiece justice. Conroy paints each scene with such exquisite deta...
The Prince of Tides a book by Pat Conroy
"On my third reading of Gift from the Sea, I continue to be amazed at how immediately relevant this 1950's classic feels. Anne Morrow Lindbergh takes us with her on her two week sabbatical to a Florida island, where she slowly unravels the tangled bu...
Gift from the Sea: 50th Anniversary Edition a book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Reeve Lindbergh
"Being immersed in the lives of Virginia Woolf's characters in The Lighthouse was a splendid joy. When I turned the pages, I felt almost like one of them.
There, I've said too much. There is much more to it. It is enlightenment."
To the Lighthouse
"I think this might just be my favourite book in the series so far. In this book, Anne heads off to Redmond and becomes a college student. The book captures the wistful sorrows which come with growing up, but also retains all of the wonder which make...
Anne of the Island a book by L. M. Montgomery
"So nice to finally enjoy Gulliver's Travels in its entirety - thanks to my library book club. We had a lively discussion and I was amazed how much I learned when we dissected and dug below the surface. "
Gulliver Travels a book by Jonathan Swift
"I'm a big lover of Agatha Christie, she has written some fantastic murder mysteries and her stories never get tiring. But this is the one that just comes out on top every time."
And Then There Were None (Anniversary) a book by Agatha Christie
"A story of ordeals at the sea of a feisty and valiant character, Robinson Crusoe, the 18-year from England! I proclaim him to be a “Man of Providence” , emerging victorious from all the mayhem, every time!"
Robinson Crusoe: A Robert Ingpen Illustrated Classic a book by Daniel Defoe and Robert Ingpen
"I'm a big lover of Agatha Christie, she has written some fantastic murder mysteries and her stories never get tiring. But this is the one that just comes out on top every time."
The Stranger a book by Albert Camus
"I loved reading this story which combined a small town / island feel and a cute story with great dialogues. I loved the writing style, which was light-hearted without being glib."
Meant to Be a book by Terri Osburn