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Sunny side up volume 4
Pub. Date
2021
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In the late-1970s, when she's offered a job at the community pool's snack shack, Sunny must keep her head above water with the help of a cute boy.
2) Swim team
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
3) Why we swim
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"--
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Emily Windsnap volume 1
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"When her mother finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, 12-year-old Emily Windsnap makes a startling discovery about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and dangers shimmering deep below the surface"--
6) Jabari jumps
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"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...
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Babymouse volume 20
Pub. Date
2016
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Babymouse has big dreams . . . and wet whiskers. She has joined the swim team and is ready to dive in. Next stop, the Olympics! But competitive sports aren’t really her strong suit. Will hard work and determination earn her a gold medal?
8) Grayson
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The author describes how, while training for a long-distance swim off the coast of California, she encountered a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother and had been following her instead, and relates her efforts to find the baby's mother.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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?"--
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Susannah Ramos has always loved the water. A swimmer whose early talent made her a world champion, Susannah was poised for greatness in a sport that demands so much of its young. But an inexplicable slowdown has put her dream in jeopardy, and Susannah is fighting to keep her career afloat when two important people enter her life: a new coach with a revolutionary training strategy, and a charming fellow swimmer named Harry Matthews. As Susannah begins...
12) Swimming time!
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Describes the sport of swimming, listing what equipment is needed, where it can be performed, and the different techniques that can be used.
13) Up for air
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Description
Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, thirteen, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.
14) Swimming anatomy
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Pub. Date
c2010
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iii, 193 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Description
"Swimming Anatomy" includes 74 of the most effective swimming exercises, each with step-by-step descriptions and full-color anatomical illustrations highlighting the primary muscles in action and showing how each exercise is fundamentally linked to swimming performance.
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Pub. Date
c2011
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xvii, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Whether your goal is to take advantage of the low-impact workout swimming provides, reintroduce yourself to strokes and techniques you've forgotten, or teach your children (or yourself) to swim, this guide gives you everything you need to know to make your way through the water.
17) Barely floating
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Natalia De La Cruz Rivera y Santiago, also known as Nat, was swimming neighborhood kids out of their money at the local Inglewood pool when her life changed. The LA Mermaids performed, emerging out of the water with matching sequined swimsuits, and it was then that synchronized swimming stole her heart. The problem? Her activist mom and professor dad think it’s a sport with too much emphasis on looks–on being thin and white. Nat grew...
18) Dino-swimming
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Plant-eating dinosaurs compete against meat-eating dinosaurs at a swimming meet.
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