| Grade 1 | Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Herbert A Swim Through the Sea by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini |  |
| Grade 2 | Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osbourne Amazing Whales! by Sarah L. Thomson |
| Grade 3 | Dolphin Treasure by Wayne Grover and Jim Fowler Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons |
| Grade 4 | Go Fish by Mary Stolz The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino |
| Grade 5 | Island of the Blue Dolphins by Ted Lewin and Scott O'Dell Dive!: My Adventures Undersea in the Deep Frontier by Sylvia Earle |
| Grade 6 | Music of the Dolphins by Dennis Denenberg and Karen Hesse |
| Grade 7 | The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway |
| Grade 8 | Moby Dick by Herman Melville |