On vacation again together, three cousins share their family's beach house and find a whole new selection of boys--and the problems that go along with dating them.

It's summer and that means it's time to visit the beach to do activities like build sand castles or swim in the ocean.

The Garcia family is spending a summer weekend at the beach, having a wonderful time playing in the water, and discovering the sand dollars and other small creatures that live along the shore.

"Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the...

"Vivi helps her community clean up the beach after a storm and learns about how wind and water shape the landscape"--

The Martinez family is headed for a weekend at the beach, along with their friends, but Sofia has packed so many games that she does not have room for clothes.

"Chu the panda goes to the beach!"--

"With its promise of escape from the strains of everyday life, the beach has a hold on the popular imagination as the ultimate paradise. In The Last Resort, Sarah Stodola dives into the psyche of the beachgoer and gets to the heart of what drives humans to seek out the sand. At the same time, she grapples with the darker realities of resort culture: strangleholds on local economies, reckless construction, erosion of beaches, weighty carbon footprints,...

Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.