My Beach Vacation Journal by Melissa (Missy) Lamb 32 pages, soft cover, $6.95 published by Outer Banks Press

No child should visit the Outer Banks without a copy of My Beach Vacation Journal, written during Hurricane Isabel by Melissa (Missy) Lamb, and charmingly illustrated by her four children. This little book will keep your kids busy, beginning with “About Me,” and ending with story-inspiring questions and an address book for recording information on new friends. There are questions to answer on each day of vacation and plenty of room for notes. My Beach Vacation Journal is the perfect answer to “what I did on my summer vacation.”