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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On the first day of vacation thirteen-year-old Davey Tsering wakes up early, slips out of his family's hotel room without telling anyone, and heads for the beach and a swim in the warm Floridian waters--and a fateful meeting with a shark.
22) Freedom swimmer
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond...
24) Whale talk
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. The Cutter All Night Mermen, a group of seven misfits who are members of a makeshift swim team, come together to challenge their high school's sports culture and fight for dignity in a world where a moment's inattention...
26) Unsettled
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
27) Swim, Mo, swim!
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
On Field Day, Mo swims a lot faster than he knew he could, not because his team might win but because a fish keeps nibbling his toe.
28) 1, 2, 3, Jump!
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
From what to wear (a bathing suit, of course!) to what to expect (no, your teacher will not be a mermaid), 3, 2, 1 Jump! covers the what if's and how to's of getting in the pool for the first time. There's a lot to worry about (can I be sucked in the filter?) and even more to be excited about (when can I wear flippers?), and our narrator has thought of everything. By the time she's ready, you to will want to jump in!
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Mouse wants to prove how wonderful mice are for a school project she is doing with her brother, Winston, but starts to have doubts when, even with Hattie and Owen's help, she is unable to learn to swim." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Training camp has opened, and Gracie LaRoo is excited to be back with her synchronized swimming team, the Water Sprites--but the other members of the team seem strangely uninterested in training, and it will be up to Gracie to set an example with a perfect triple spin.
33) Lottie & Walter
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Lottie secretly knows there is a shark in the pool waiting to eat her, until her new walrus friend, Walter, helps her to conquer her fear.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
What do goldfish think about as they swim around and around in their bowls? This book introduces readers to the inner thoughts of a goldfish, who thinks about many things, from growing old to climate change. But he also spends a lot of time thinking about one important thing... food! Readers will delight in colorful illustrations and accessible yet poignant text. This book introduces skills of self-awareness and empathy, with a splash of goldfish...
38) Together we swim
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.
40) Gold medal swim
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Sam is the best swimmer on his team, and he is happy to help the new student, Julien, practice his laps and technique--but when it comes to an actual race, only one swimmer can win.
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