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1) Jabari jumps
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After Jabari completes his swimming lessons and passes his swim test, he's ready to jump off the diving board--well, very nearly ready. He just needs to work up his courage first.
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"Swimming lessons are on Saturdays, and every Saturday one little girl has a stomachache. When she gets to the pool it's loud, the floor is wet and slippery, and her swim cap is too tight. Her swimming instructor, Mary, says it's OK to sit by the edge if she doesn't want to get in the water this week. The next Saturday the girl has a stomachache again, but with Mary's gentle encouragement, she eventually manages to make it into the pool to practice...
5) Splashdance
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"Ursula, a bear, and Ricardo, a human, are preparing for the water ballet competition. But a new regulation at the community pool--no bears--leaves Ursula cut from the contest. Luckily, she encounters a group of undaunted animal swimmers at a local pond, and Ursula and her new team figure out a way to participate in the competition and make sure everyone is welcome at the pool once and for all"--
6) Shark Nate-O
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Nate, who loves sharks, cannot swim, but with his brother's prodding, a good coach, and a lot of determination he learns to swim like a shark. Includes facts about sharks.--Provided by Publisher.
9) Swimming
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Simple text and photographs briefly introduce learning readers to the sport of swimming. Includes a short, one-word visual glossary of swimming words.
13) Swimming
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Illustrations and simple text describe learning how to swim.
14) D.W. all wet
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D.W. bosses her brother Arthur into carrying her on his shoulders at the beach because she maintains that she hates the water, until she gets a big wet surprise.
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"Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the day Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. Mami forbids her from returning to the water but Ani and her doctor...
17) La mosca
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A fly decides to go for a swim, but the place it thinks makes the right location for bathing serves another purpose in the world of humans, much to the fly's dismay.
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"Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish--fins and all. This ... account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led Ben to even more innovations and inventions. Includes Franklin quotes, a timeline, bibliography, and source notes"--Amazon.com.
19) Pool
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Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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Two shy children meet at a noisy pool and dive beneath the crowd into a magical undersea land, where they explore a fantastical landscape and meet various creatures.