'Under the sea' books for 0-5s
Life under the oceans can be fascinating to young children.
This selection will introduce them to a wide variety of sea creatures through interactive board books and fun picture book stories.
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Look Touch Learn: Sea (Tummy Time)
Author: Illustrator: Charlotte Archer
Interest level: 0-1
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Look Touch Learn: Sea (Tummy Time)
Author: Illustrator: Charlotte Archer
Interest level: 0-1
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A wiggly, slippery fish, a knobbly spiny starfish and swaying rubbery seaweed are just a few interesting words to listen to and sh…
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Pop-Up Peekaboo! Ocean
Author: DK Illustrator: Jean Claude
Interest level: 3+
Reading age: 6+
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Pop-Up Peekaboo! Ocean
Author: DK Illustrator: Jean Claude
Interest level: 3+
Reading age: 6+
Embark on a mini ocean adventure with this vibrant, interactive book that introduces life under the sea, complete with beautiful i…
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Count with Little Fish
Author: Lucy Cousins
Interest level: 0-3
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Count with Little Fish
Author: Lucy Cousins
Interest level: 0-3
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Lucy Cousins brings her bold and bright illustrations to a set of books for babies featuring fish. This sturdy board book counts f…
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Creature Features: Oceans
Author: Natasha Durley
Interest level: 4-5
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Creature Features: Oceans
Author: Natasha Durley
Interest level: 4-5
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Organised into eleven double page spreads of creatures with enormous eyes, snazzy spikes, black and white markings, fantastic fins…
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Zoom: Ocean Adventure
Author: Susan Hayes and Sam Rennocks
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Zoom: Ocean Adventure
Author: Susan Hayes and Sam Rennocks
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Noah is going on a big ocean adventure! He meets all kinds of marine wildlife, discovers buried treasure, and encounters an iceber…
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Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Ocean
Author: Axel Scheffler
Interest level: 3-6
Reading age: 5+
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Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Ocean
Author: Axel Scheffler
Interest level: 3-6
Reading age: 5+
Featuring Axel Scheffler's bright, friendly and recognisable animal illustrations and a lighthearted rhyming text, children can al…
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I'm Thinking of a Sea Creature
Author: Adam and Charlotte Guillain Illustrator: Lucia Gaggioti
Interest level: 1-3
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I'm Thinking of a Sea Creature
Author: Adam and Charlotte Guillain Illustrator: Lucia Gaggioti
Interest level: 1-3
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This delightful board book is great for older toddlers who might already recognise some of the animals featured (a turtle, an octo…
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Tiddler
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Interest level: 3-6
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Tiddler
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Interest level: 3-6
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Although he looks small and ordinary, Tiddler is a fish who loves to tell tall tales. But one day he is swept up in a fisherman's …
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The Snail and the Whale
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Interest level: 3-6
Reading age: 6+
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The Snail and the Whale
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
Interest level: 3-6
Reading age: 6+
This book by the award-winning Gruffalo partnership is about a tiny snail who longs to see the world, and the enormous grey-blue h…
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Well Done, Mummy Penguin
Author: Chris Haughton
Interest level: 4-5
Reading age: 7+
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Well Done, Mummy Penguin
Author: Chris Haughton
Interest level: 4-5
Reading age: 7+
In this suspenseful and gently humorous picture book, Mummy Penguin goes off to hunt for fish whilst Little Penguin and Daddy Peng…
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Meet the Oceans
Author: Caryl Hart Illustrator: Bethan Woollvin
Interest level: 4-8
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Meet the Oceans
Author: Caryl Hart Illustrator: Bethan Woollvin
Interest level: 4-8
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A vibrant picture book all about the incredible bodies of water which make up most of our planet, providing young readers with a l…
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Who’s Afraid of the Light?
Author: Anna McGregor
Interest level: 4-5
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Who’s Afraid of the Light?
Author: Anna McGregor
Interest level: 4-5
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Meet Fergus, who is a real deep-sea creature. But we can only see his eyes. What could he be? An enjoyable anarchic mash-up of fic…
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Stefano the Squid: Hero of the Deep
Author: Wendy Meddour Illustrator: Duncan Beedie
Interest level: 4-6
Reading age: 5+
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Stefano the Squid: Hero of the Deep
Author: Wendy Meddour Illustrator: Duncan Beedie
Interest level: 4-6
Reading age: 5+
Stefano the common squid feels dull and ordinary compared to the other amazing sea creatures. But when a diver is in trouble, Stef…
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