Island-Tropical Life

Books for Kids

Books to enjoy before, during or after

your next beach vacation

 

So you're planning to hit the sun and sand on a beautiful tropical island?  Take a look at our favorite children's books with that setting.  Our boys have enjoyed these books over the years during various tropical vacations.  I remember reading The Black Pearl to them on the same day we had been out snorkeling and admiring clams.  Literature is a great way to enjoy your travels even more.

 

 

The Cay 

by Theodore Taylor

 

Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.

 

 

 

 

 

The Black Pearl 

by Scott O'Dell

 

From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to bring great joy to the villagers of their tiny coastal town, and even greater renown to the Salazar name. No diver, not even the swaggering Gaspar Ruiz, has ever found a pearl like this!

 

 

 

Call it Courage 

by Armstrong Sperry

 

Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he can remember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - an island whose seafaring people worship courage - Mafatu feels like an outsider. All his life he has been teased, taunted, and even blamed for storms on the sea.  Then at age fifteen, no longer willing to put up with the ridicule and jibes, Mafatu decides to take his fate into his own hands. With his dog, Uri, as his companion, Mafatu paddles out to sea, ready to face his fears. What he learns on his lonesome adventure will change him forever and make him a hero in the eyes of his people.

 

 

 

 

Island of the Blue Dolphins 

by Scott O'Dell

 

This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.

 

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