12 must-read storytime books like Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes

Cover of Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes

Off to See the Sea

By: Nikki Grimes

3.98

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes and acclaimed illustrator Eliza…

If you liked the storytime plot in Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora

1. Peekaboo Morning

By: Rachel Isadora

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A toddler plays a game of peekaboo, and you're invited to play too. First there's Mommy to find, wi… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Isadora's Peekaboo Morning book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • african american
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of All the World by Marla Frazee, Liz Garton Scanlon

2. All the World

By: Marla Frazee , Liz Garton Scanlon

4.24

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

All the world is here. It is there. It is everywhere. All the world is right where you are. … read more

Similar categories in Marla Frazee's All the World book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • storytime
Cover of Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean, Eric Litwin

3. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

By: James Dean , Eric Litwin

4.41

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An award-winning and bestselling Pete the Cat hardcover picture book! Count down with Pete in th… read more

Similar categories in James Dean's Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni, Kristen Balouch, None, Damian Ward

4. Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat

By: Nikki Giovanni , Kristen Balouch , None , Damian Ward

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Poetry can have both a rhyme an… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Giovanni's Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • african american
Cover of "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle, Jane Goodall

5. "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

By: Eric Carle , Jane Goodall

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Slowly, slowly, slowly. That's the way the sloth moves. Slowly, it eats and then, slowly, it falls … read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

6. The Wonderful Things You Will Be

By: Emily Winfield Martin

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestsellerthat celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for… read more

Similar categories in Emily Winfield Martin's The Wonderful Things You Will Be book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • storytime
Cover of Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi

7. Everyone Poops

By: Taro Gomi

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

With a straightforward text and illustrations showing beasts and bugs doing it, younger children ar… read more

Similar categories in Taro Gomi's Everyone Poops book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

8. I Want My Hat Back

By: Jon Klassen

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The … read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
"What if I never see it again? What if nobody ever finds it? My poor hat. I miss it so much."

-Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back

9. Harold and the Purple Crayon

By: Crockett Johnson

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight.… read more

Similar categories in Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

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10. Watercress

By: Andrea Wang

4.53

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Wang's Watercress book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

11. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson

12. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The Year We Learned to Fly book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • african american
  • storytime
Cover of Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

13. Abdul's Story

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A 2022 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids! A little boy who loves storytelling but strug… read more

Similar categories in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's Abdul's Story book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) by Angie Thomas

14. The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1)

By: Angie Thomas

4.19

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the lau… read more

Similar categories in Angie Thomas's The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables, #1) book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • family
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

15. The Day You Begin

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.44

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Raf… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The Day You Begin book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • african american
Cover of I Don't Care by Julie Fogliano

16. I Don't Care

By: Julie Fogliano

4.12

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author and two Caldecott Honorees share their delight in the little th… read more

Similar categories in Julie Fogliano's I Don't Care book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Are You Big? by Mo Willems

17. Are You Big?

By: Mo Willems

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Mo Willems, #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author-illustrator, tackles a BIG concept … read more

Similar categories in Mo Willems's Are You Big? book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore

18. The Whatifs

By: Emily Kilgore

4.46

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Cora is struggling with her Whatif questions ahead of a big piano recital in this picture book abou… read more

Similar categories in Emily Kilgore's The Whatifs book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes

19. Off to See the Sea

By: Nikki Grimes

3.98

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes and acclaimed illustrator Eliza… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • poetry
  • cultural
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • african american
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of This Baby. That Baby. by Cari Best

20. This Baby. That Baby.

By: Cari Best

3.88

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this bouncy, playful picture book for very young listeners, follow two baby friends who live in … read more

Similar categories in Cari Best's This Baby. That Baby. book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • storytime
Cover of Music Is in Everything by Ziggy Marley

21. Music Is in Everything

By: Ziggy Marley

3.56

Format: None pages, ebook

A picture book based on Ziggy Marley's popular song celebrating music's many forms, from the sounds… read more

Similar categories in Ziggy Marley's Music Is in Everything book and Nikki Grimes's Off to See the Sea

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

16 Top fiction books like Off to See the Sea by Nikki Grimes

Transform Your Habits

Peekaboo Morning

Rachel Isadora

4.12

Transform Your Habits

All the World

Marla Frazee , Liz Garton Scanlon

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

James Dean , Eric Litwin

4.41

Transform Your Habits

"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth

Eric Carle , Jane Goodall

4.11

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18 best-selling fiction books like The Whatifs by Emily Kilgore

Transform Your Habits

The Name Jar

Yangsook Choi

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Wemberly Worried

Kevin Henkes

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Dot

Peter H. Reynolds

4.25

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The Kissing Hand

Audrey Penn , Ruth E. Harper , Nancy M. Leak

2.00

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