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1) Why we swim
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Bonnie Tsui looks at our love affair with the water, from evolution to mythology, from survival and well-being, from community swim clubs to competitive races, and she goes around the world to explore its significance in many cultures"--
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A day at the community pool is full of unwater 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
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Young readers can learn all about what happens at swim class in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read with sweet text and photographs of swimmers-in-training! It's the first day of swim class in this early reader by Biscuit creator Alyssa Satin Capucilli. What will it be like? In swim class, students learn to blow bubbles, float on their backs, kick their legs, and to only swim when an adult or lifeguard is watching. Young readers will love seeing kids...
Author
Language
English
Formats
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!
6) Jabari jumps
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
9) The ultimate pool maintenance manual: spas, pools, hot tubs, rockscapes, and other water features
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old competitive swimmer Tess Cooper grapples with the upheaval of her carefully planned future following an epilepsy diagnosis, and works to get back in the pool despite her doctor's advice or her disctracting feelings for the new guy.
11) Our pool
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It is pool day in the city and everyone is welcome.
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume 4
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
To finish summer swimming lessons, Eugene brings out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to confront the "Blobby Blob-Blob" at the deep end of the pool.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Swimming is a long thread that connects the Olympic heroes of today with the real and mythic ones of the past across more than ten millennia--a recorded history that begins in a cave in the Egyptian desert and sweeps across athletes and poets, statesmen and emperors, humans and gods; across the whole human experience, the entire human story. Splash! weaves a 10,000-year-old tale that begins in a bone-dry cave in the remote southwest corner of Egypt,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This updated book for elementary readers presents information about the rules and types of swimming and diving events featured at the Olympics, including swimming races, diving, and artistic swimming (formerly synchronized swimming)."--
Publisher
Eastern Star
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
Haruka Nanase is a teenage boy who has an unusual obsession with water and wears his swimming trunks no matter where he goes. At fifteen he is a swimming genius and reunites with friends from elementary school when a rival challenges him to a race.
Author
Series
Magic kitten volume 14
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Can Flame help Alice conquer her fear of swimming, or will she sink to the bottom of her class?
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The cherry blossoms are blooming, the sun is shining, and it's the perfect time to hit the pool! Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei are anxious to get into the water and warm up their winter muscles ASAP, but things aren't all flip-turns and finish lines. Haru's passion for swimming is drying up, which dashes Rin's hope for a true rivalry. With their futures after high school looming over them, Makoto and Haru are having a hard time focusing. And a gruff...
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