Every Day by the Bay will encourage youngsters to get out there and enjoy! Whether it is discovering an abandoned lobster trap or flying a kite or seeing eye-to-eye with a baby seal, there's always something new by the bay. Gail Gompper warmly depicts two young families vacationing together and portrays their daily visits to the bayside beach in all sorts of weather.

Miyoko is overjoyed that she may have finally found the answers to a few puzzling questions regarding her self-identity in her homework assignment. But what she doesn’t know is that after tracing her family tree she will discover that she comes from a very diverse background, leaving her more confused than when she started.