Non Fiction
Links on line

Boating Safety Sidekicks
http://www.boatingsidekicks.com/
Sinbad Of the Coast Guard: A book about a real
Coast Guard dog who was on the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Campbell
during World War II.
Links about Sinbad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_%28
dog%29
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/
1429029.Sinbad_of_the_Coast_Guard
http://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2016/07/sinbad
-coast-guard-mascot-who-liked-to.html
The
Story of SINBAD doesn't stop with the first. There were many
more dogs named SINBAD on the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell after
SINBAD the First. Here is a photo of SINBAD the Fourth who
was on the Campbell when I was onboard in 1967. But
none were as famous as the first SINBAD.

Simplicity Boats
http://www.simplicityboats.com/pond
skiffs.html

Reading is Fundamental
https://www.rif.org/literacy-central

Reading Skills and Great Books for Kids
http://www.freebooknotes.com/
reading-skills-great-books-for-kids/
Books - Off line (Real Books)

The Motorboat
Book: Build & Launch 20 Jet Boats, Paddle-Wheelers,
Electric Submarines & More(Science in Motion), Author:
Ed Sobey

US Navy Ships and Coast Guard Cutters, Naval Institute
Press Books for Young Readers,
by M. D. Van Orden and Arleigh A. Burke

Barcos De Rescate (Rescue Boats)in Spanish and English, Pebble Plus Bilingual,
by Lindeen and Carol K.(Jan 1, 2006)

Busy Boats (Amazing Machines)Tony Mitton and Ant Parker (Sep 15, 2005

Boat: Eyewitness Books, Eric Kentley (June 1 2000)

How Boat Things Work: An Illustrated Guide; by Charles Wing (Aug 5, 2011)

Boats (Picture Puffins) by Anne Rockwell (Mar 1, 1993)

Boats by Byron Barton

Boy's Book of Model Boats
by Raymond F. Yates (Raymond
Francis) (Mar 24,
2011

Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains: The
Step-by-Step Way to Draw Submarines, Sailboats, Dump Trucks,
Locomotives, and Much More By Lee J. Ames (May 5, 1987)
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Fiction
Links on line

Kids Coloring Page:
Color pictures of ships, working barges, row boats and more.
https://www.coloring-page.net/boats.html
The Adventures of Onyx. A US Coast Guard dog.

These stories are fiction but Onyx was
a real dog. She was a Coast Guard mascot on Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Michigan
http://adventuresofonyx.com
Sadly, Onyx passed
away June 16, 2020. She was 13.5 years old (thats 94.5
human years). But her legacy lives on in the stories
written about her.
Guarding the Great
Lakes: Coast Guard Dogs
12 Amazing Dogs Of the
U.S. Coast Guard
https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/coast-guard-dogs/

Sargent Stubby: Dog of War (a true story)
America’s original dog of war fought bravely on the Western Front—then helped the nation
forget the Great War’s terrible human toll.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news
_and_politics/history/2014/05/dogs
_of_war_sergeant_stubby_the_u_s
_army_s_original_and_still_most
_highly.html
To see more animals, dogs, cats and
others (even a bear) who have served in the military and as
police and service animals go to Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/peter
eikenberry/
military-and-other-working-animals
-and-mascots/
Books - Off Line (Real Books)

The Wind in The Willows; by Kenneth Grahame.
"Believe me, my young friend, there is
NOTHING --absolutely nothing-- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in
boats."
There are many editions of this book so the cover picture
may be different than the one shown here.

Robinson Crusoe; by Daniel Defoe The original survivor story!
Stranded on an island alone. One of the best books ever
written.
There are many editions of this
book so the cover picture may be different than the one shown
here.

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson.
Talk about adventure! This has everything, pirates, treasure,
sailing ships, and a young boy is the hero of the story. Ahoy
matey! Shiver me timbers!
There are many editions of this
book so the cover picture may be different than the one shown
here.

Gubby Builds A Boat: By Gary Kent, Illustrated by Kim La
Fave. The adventures of Gubby, a commercial salmon
fisherman, who heads home to his village on the Sunshine Coast at
the end of another long season. His beloved old boat, the
is worn out and he commissions a Japanese-Canadian boat builder in
historic Steveston to build him a new one. The story follows the
stages of building a boat from selecting plans to preparing the
wood to laying the keel to final finishing and launching. Age
6 to 10 reading level
Little Boat By Thomas Docherty Koala
Book Company 2008

Tom Swift And The Submarine Boat by Victor
Appleton. One of Tom Swift's many adventures.

Curious George And the Boat
Show, by H. A. Rey Another adventure of Curious
George.

Toy Boat by
Randall de Seve and Loren Long (Sep 20, 2007) Also En Espanol Mi Barco

Fairy Boat (The Fairy Houses Series) by Tracy L. Kane (Sep 1, 2002)

The Abandoned Lighthouse by Albert
Lamb and David McPhail.
What happens when a bear, a boy, and a dog get into a boat?
The Yellow Yacht: A To Z Mysteries by
Ron Roy and John Steven Gurney (Mar 22, 2005).
the owners of a yacht are acting suspicious. There's a robbery on the island! Could there
be a connection between the robbery and the mysterious yellow
yacht? It's up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to find out.
Building Models
Origami (paper) Airplanes and Boats.
Web site tells you how to make paper airplanes and boats.
http://www.origami-kids.com/
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