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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm.
Description
Abigail dreads swimming lessons. Every time she dives into the pool, she makes a big splash, and all the girls in her class shout: Abigail's a whale! Abigail can see that she is larger than the other girls. She feels huge, heavy, and out of place. Abigails swimming teacher takes her aside and points out: we can change how we see ourselves.
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
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.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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"All her life, Annette wanted one thing: to feel free. As a girl she found freedom in the water, where she could swim without the leg braces she needed on land. As she grew up, Annette swam in Australia and England and America and beyond, performing synchronized swimming--which she invented!--and competing in swim races and diving exhibitions. But always she was bogged down by her heavy swim clothes. Clothes that only women had to wear, not men. So...
86) Did Not Sink
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Description
The lure of a gold-coloured silicon hat is enough to convince George to sign up once again to the Dart 10k swim.
But to get the gold hat, he has to swim it twice.
Despite the trauma of the previous year's Dartmoor Classic, George and Rachel sign up again. This time the weather takes a turn for the worse and Rachel is forced to make some creative wardrobe improvisations.
Having completed several long bike rides, George now considers himself a relatively...
Author
Series
Sunny side up volume 4
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
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.
88) 1, 2, 3, Jump!
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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
Mindy Kim volume 8
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
83 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Mindy Kim can't wait to learn how to swim with her best friend, Sally! But during her first swim lesson, Mindy isn't so sure she can keep up. With a little help from Sally and Theodore the Mutt, can Mindy learn how to make a splash? --
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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...
92) Keep up, duck!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
This exuberant read-aloud stars a very clever duckling named Puck who, falling farther and farther behind Mama Duck and his siblings as they swim to the lily pond, comes up with a sneaky solution to get ahead.
93) Viking strong
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Description
Ingrid has everything a Viking could want--a cozy home, a best friend, and very cute kittens. But she's always wanted one more thing, to win the Strongest Viking Contest. Her only problem? She doesn't know how to swim! Her best friend Stig is determined to help her learn . . . but along the way Ingrid learns that that some things are even more important than winning.
95) Hugo Pool
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of a sexy pool cleaner and her experiences with wacky customers, strange parents and a man stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease. In the course of one day she cleans 44 pools, deals with dangerous clients, and still finds love.
Author
Series
Scaredy's nutty adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Scaredy Squirrel opens a mysterious crate containing a pool and as his friends try to help him enjoy the pool, Scaredy Squirrel learns that not all surprises are bad.
97) Welcome
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A 17-year-old Kurdish refugee, Bilal, has struggled his way through Europe in an attempt to reunite with his girlfriend, who has emigrated to England. When he is stopped in France, he decides to swim the English Channel to complete his journey. While training at a local swimming pool he meets Simon, a middle-aged swim instructor, who agrees to help Bilal, in order to regain the affection of his wife.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Description
Un libro divertido y encantador sobre una ranita que encuentra su propio camino en la clase de natación. Para pequeños nadadores de 4 años en adelante. ¡Splash! Mamá rana quiere que todas sus ranitas tomen clases de natación. A flotar, a nadar de espaldas, a patalear en el agua . . . Hop se esfuerza pero a menudo hace un lío de las cosas. ¡Hasta que un día se sorprende a sí mismo!
Mommy wants all her little frogs to take swimming...
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