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AMSEA Children's Books
Check-Out Form

AMSEA's lending library includes children's books, listed below, that are available for use in cold water and outdoor safety training by AMSEA-certified instructors.

Please read all information, instructions and library loan terms on this page before placing an order for books.

Only AMSEA-trained instructors may borrow books.

To borrow AMSEA's children's books for use in safety training, fill in your name, contact information, and information about your upcoming training. Also, you must read the AMSEA Library Loan Terms and indicate your acceptance of them. Then use the quick links below or scroll down the form, and check the boxes next to the items you'd like to borrow. Finally, click the "Submit Form" button at the bottom of the page.

Once we receive your request, we will confirm availability by e-mail or phone and ship the books to you. You are responsible for shipping all items back to AMSEA at your expense.

If you have questions about items available from AMSEA's lending library, please send an email to AMSEA's Gear Department.

PLEASE NOTE: As a borrower, YOU (and no one else) are responsible for returning items in the same condition as you received them.

Book Categories:

Nonfiction Titles
Fiction - Chapter Books
Fiction - Picture Books
Board/Baby Books 

 


REQUIRED fields are bold and marked with: [*]

Name*:

E-mail address*:


Phone number*:


Mailing address*:

City, State, Zip:*

Shipping address (if different)*:

Preferred method of shipping (if any):

Primary Instructor:*

 

Estmated total number of students to be trained:*

Ages and numbers of students:* (check all that apply and fill in estimated ages or grades and number of each age group. Indicate NA in boxes that do not apply.)

 
Specific ages or grade levels *
Estimated number*
Preschoolers
Elementary Children
Middle School Children
Teenagers and/or Adults
NA

 

Books needed in above location by:*
(MM/DD/YYYY)

First day of training for which items are being borrowed:*
(MM/DD/YYYY)

Last day of training for which items are being borrowed:*
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Please read the following AMSEA Library Loan Terms and indicate your acceptance of them by checking the box below.

As a borrower, YOU are responsible for returning items in the same condition as received.

AMSEA will send books to you in good condition. AMSEA's books see a great deal of use throughout the year. In order to ensure their long life and availability to others, AMSEA requires you to agree to the following terms prior to borrowing books.

AMSEA Library Loan Terms

By checking the box below, I agree to:

  • Request books and/or videos with as much advance notice as possible, realizing that items are loaned on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Maintain physical control of the borrowed items at all times.
  • Report any damaged or defective items to AMSEA as soon as possible, regardless of cause.
  • Contact AMSEA to request an extension if the items will be held longer than expected, understanding that a late fee may be charged for unapproved late returns.
  • Return items to AMSEA packaged as they were received.
  • Ship items back to AMSEA within 24 hours after use or the first available opportunity for shipping.
  • Pay overdue fees of $1.00 per day per item for books or videos returned after the due date.
  • If I fail to return any items borrowed from AMSEA more than 30 days past date due, I am liable for replacement costs.
  • INSURE the items with the return shipper (AMSEA will provide the value, if needed).
  • Pay for return postage/shipping and insurance.

I acknowledge I have read and agree to AMSEA's Library Loan Terms.*


 

Children's Books

Nonfiction Titles

Doudna, Kelly. I Feel Scared. (1999) In photographs and simple text, children contrast times when they are afraid with times when they are not. 24 pages.

J152.4
DOUDNA

Gibbons, Gail. Boat Book. (1983) Introduces many kinds of boats and ships, including rowboats, canoes, sailboats, speedboats, cruise ships, submarines, tugboats, and tankers. 32 pages.

J387.2
GIBBONS

Lewis, Paul Owen. Storm Boy. (1966) A Haida story in which a boy falls from his canoe into a world of eighteen-foot tall humanlike creatures who welcome him and eventually return him to his village. 32 pages.

J398.24
LEWIS

Simon, Seymour. Weather. (1993) Explores the causes, changing patterns, and forecasting of weather. 32 pages.

J551.5
SIMON

Gibbons, Gail. Weather Words and What They Mean. (1990) Introduces basic weather terms and concepts. 32 pages. 

J551.6
GIBBONS

Wallace, Karen. Whatever The Weather. (1999) Text, illustrations, and photographs of a boy looking out the window introduce different kinds of weather as it changes from day to day. 32 pages.

 J551.6
WALLACE 

 

Watts, Alan. Instant Weather Forecasting. (1968) This book of 24 color cloud pictures is a guide to forecasting the weather in the hours ahead, and also provides some information on likely weather trends. 64 pages.

J551.6
WATTS

Field, Nancy. Discovering Salmon. (1984) Activities introduce the life cycles, habitats, legends, ecological relationships and environmental challenges of salmon. 32 pages.

J597
FIELD

Billings, Henry. Great Rescues. (1990) True stories written at 4th - 6th grade reading level. 94 pages.

J613.6
MORRIS

Morris, Helen. Children Using Basic Safety. (n.d.) Safety education for children from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. 120 pages.

J613.6
MORRIS

Politano, Colleen. Lost In the Woods. (1984) Outlines what a well-informed, resourceful child should do when faced with a frightening situation. Includes several activities illustrating safety protocols as well as information to assist parents and teachers in preparing children in the event they find themselves lost. 64 pages.

J613.6
POLITANO 

Morris, Helen. Basic Emergency Aid Rescue Students. (1987) Safety education for children from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. 174 pages.

J616
MORRIS

Crews, Donald. Harbor. (1982) Presents various kinds of boats that come and go in a busy harbor. 32 pages.

 J623.8
CREWS 

Pallota, Jerry. Boat Alphabet Book. (1998). An alphabet book presents unusual facts about a variety of boats and ships from aircraft carriers to zodiacs. 32 pages.

J623.8
PALLOTT

Politano, Colleen. Adrift! Boating Safety For Children. (1986). Two children adrift in a dinghy, focus on the essentials of the situation, and dealt with them in a practical manner. 61 pages.

J797.1
POLITAN

Travis, George. Let's Go Ice Fishing. (1998) Describes some of the techniques used to catch fish in frozen lakes. 24 pages.

 J799.1
TRAVIS

Angelou, Maya. Life Doesn't Frighten Me. (1993) Maya Angelou's poem illustrated with the paintings and drawings of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Features biographies of both author and artist. 32 pages.

 J811.54
ANGELOU

Cobb, Vicki. This Place Is Cold. (1989) Focuses on the land, animals, plants, and climate of Alaska, presenting it as an example of a place where it is so cold your hair can freeze and break off. Illustrated by Alaska artist Barbara Lavallee. 32 pages.

 J917.98
COBB

Kulling, Monica. Sea Of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance. (1999) Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. 48 pages.

 J919.89
KULLING

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Fiction - Chapter Books

Bodett, Tom. Williwaw! (1999) In their father's absence, 13-year old September and her younger brother Ivan disobey his orders by taking the boat out on their Alaska bay, where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw. 192 pages.

J FIC
BODETT

London, Jack. Call Of the Wild. (n.d.) Buck, a pampered city-dog, becomes a mistreated domestic-going-feral mixed breed and then a well-treated frontier dog. He learns survival, adaptation, and much about humanity's range of traits. 179 pages.

J FIC
LONDON

London, Jack. To Build a Fire and Other Stories. (1986) Stories included: To Build a Fire; Moon-Face; The Minions of Midas;When Alice Told her Soul. 400 pages.

J FIC
LONDON

Milne, A. A. House At Pooh Corner (1991) Ten adventures of Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, and other friends of Christopher Robin. 180 pages.

J FIC
MILNE

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. (1987) After a plane crash, 13-year old Brian spends 54 days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. 195 pages.

 J FIC
PAULSEN

Taylor, Theodore. Rogue Wave and Other Red-Blooded Sea Stories. (1996) Collection of eight tales about sea adventure and survival. Appropriate for grades 6 and up. 184 pages.

 J FIC
TAYLOR

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Fiction - Picture Books

Blades, Ann. Boy of Tache. (1973) When his grandfather falls ill during their annual beaver hunt, an Indian boy in Canada must go for help. 32 pages.

J FIC
BLADES

Brett, Jan. Comet's Nine Lives. (1996) Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find a place to live on Nantucket Island. 32 pages.

J FIC
BRETT

Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup. (1997) When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast. 44 pages.

 J FIC
BROWN

Brown, Margaret Wise. Sailor Dog. (1981) A dog who has always wanted to go to sea realizes his dream. 28 pages.

J FIC
BROWN

George, Jean. Arctic Son. (1997) A baby boy is given an Inupiat name to go with his English one and grows up learning the traditional ways of the Eskimo people living in the Arctic. 32 pages.

J FIC
GEORGE

Graham, Margaret Bloy. Benjy's Boat Trip. (1977) A small dog takes a surprise boat trip and meets an angry ship's cat. 32 pages.

J FIC
GRAHAM

Holling, Holling Clancy. Paddle-To_The_Sea. (1969) A tiny wooden canoe carved by an Indian boy travels from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. encountering various cultures and industries that depend on waterways. 63 pages.

J FIC
HOLLING

London, Jonathan. Froggy Gets Dressed. (1992) Froggy hops out into the snow for a winter frolic but is called back by his mother to put on some necessary articles of clothing. 32 pages.

J FIC
LONDON

London, Jonathan. Froggy Learns To Swim. (1995) Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkle, and mask, help him learn to swim. 32 pages.

J FIC
LONDON

Munsch, Robert. Promise Is A Promise. (1988) When Allashua breaks her promise to her mother and goes fishing on the sea ice, she encounters the Qallupilluit, creatures who try to drag human children down to their home under the ice. Unless their quick-thinking mother can save them, Allashua and her siblings will be their next victims. 32 pages.

J FIC
MUNSCH

Neitzel, Shirley. Jacket I Wear In the Snow. (1989) A young girl names all the clothes that she must wear to play in the snow. 32 pages.

J FIC
NEITZEL

Rand, Gloria. Salty Sails North. (1991) Salty the dog and his master Zack sail north to Alaska, encountering other ships, a storm, wild animals on the shore, and an iceberg. 32 pages.

J FIC
RAND

Rand, Gloria. Salty Takes Off. (1991) While wintering in Alaska, Salty the dog falls from an airplane and must survive until his master Zack finds him. 32 pages.

J FIC
RAND

Rand, Gloria. Willie Takes a Hike. (1996) Willie the mouse disobeys his parents, goes hiking by himself, and gets lost in the unfamiliar surroundings. 32 pages.

J FIC
RAND

Rogers, Jean. Runaway Mittens. (1988) Pica's mittens always turn up in strange places, but when he finds them keeping newborn puppies warm in their box, he decides to leave them there until spring. 24 pages.

J FIC
ROGERS

Spier, Peter. Rain. (1982) Two children play in their backyard on a rainy day. 40 pages.

J FIC
SPIER

Steig, William. Brave Irene. (1986) Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball. 32 pages.

J FIC
STEIG

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Board/Baby Books

Barton, Byron. Boats. (1986) Toddler's book with thick, cardboard pages depicts several kinds of boats and ships. 12 pages.

J387.2
BARTON

Brown, Marc. Marc Brown's Boat Book. (1982) Text and illustrations in this "baby" book with thick, cardboard pages describe ships and boats used for various purposes. 12 pages

J387.2
BROWN

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Did you read AMSEA'S LIBRARY LOAN TERMS and check the agreement box? You must do so before submitting this form.

You will receive an order confirmation within 5 working days. If you do not, please email or phone AMSEA's Gear Department to confirm that we have received your order. Thank you.

                                                

 

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