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1) Swimming
Author
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers introduces the basics of swimming and encourages kids to try it. Includes labeled diagram of swimming pool and photo glossary"--
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A day at the community pool is full of underwater magic--dunking and diving with friends, somersaulting, walking on your hands, and bursting up through the surface like a tortoise. But when a thunderstorm comes and a little brother ventures too close to the pool's edge, will our main character be quick enough and brave enough to save the day?
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to "America's Playground" and move into the apartment above their bakery. The apartment is where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and, despite the cramped quarters, it still feels like home. Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again...
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 8
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stink has been in the Polliwog swim class for what seems like frog-ever, and still can't bear to put his face in the water. Then, one day, Stink has a close encounter with a freaky mutant frog. All of a sudden, his froggy senses are tingling!
Author
Series
World of Emily Windsnap volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emily Windsnap doesn't know how to swim. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. But it's hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation ... like her legs are stuck together....
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's a perfect day at the community pool for a swim. The cool beans are the best swimmers in town. Check out how they dive! Look at how they cannonball! Watch how they backflip! YOW! As for the Cool Bean, the shallow side of the pool is the only side of the pool he treads water on. Until one day, the Cool Bean sees the super slide and finds the courage to finally ride the slide--or does he? Find out in this splashy story about taking chances, trying...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.
14) Swim, Jim!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jim the crocodile finds the courage to face his fear of swimming in this funny and charming debut picture book for fans of Jabari Jumps and Jean Reidy's Truman! Jim the crocodile is scared of swimming -- or rather, of sinking. His family's swamp is just too deep, too dark, and too big. But maybe he could swim, if only there were a smaller swamp where he could try it on his own terms. Jim wiggle-waggles far and wide until he finds the perfect place....
15) Let's jump in!
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A rhyming story about a boy whose friends help teach him to swim.
16) The Guardian
Author
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An aging United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer's team is killed in a horrific rescue mission. Just prior to this same mission his wife announces that she cannot take anymore. This leaves him an emotional wreck. His commender gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position and moves into the school. Once there he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum...
17) Pool party!
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
On a hot summer day, Farmer Brown and the animals enjoy getting cool in the pool.
19) Cannonball Chris
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Chris tries to overcome his fear of jumping into deep water in time for the second grade swimming party.
20) Swimming
Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
An introduction to competitive swimming, covering safety concerns, various strokes, racing techniques, and more.