Fussbum Goes to the Beach - Graham Houghton

This is the story about an adventurous and high-spirited 6 year old boy called Fussbum who goes to the beach with too much enthusiasm and too little understanding of the beach and the waves. He makes the mistakes that many young people make at the beach. Diving into shallow water, not picking a dumper wave and being tossed upside down, being caught in a rip and being saved by surf lifesavers. But he also has some good times surfing the waves.
The story has a strong message to respect the ocean but it has plenty of fun and laughs to appeal to boys in particular and the illustrations are superbly drawn to draw out the characters in the story.