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1) Frog
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A young boy learns how to swim by watching a small frog that makes its way into the family swimming pool.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.
Author
Series
Little Pip books volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Afraid to swim, Pip the penguin would much rather learn to fly.
Author
Series
Secrets of a lab rat volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old "Scab" McNally takes swimming lessons, he is afraid he will be forced to reveal his secret fear of deep water.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
After a close encounter with a mutant amphibian makes him freaky for frogs, water-shy Stink becomes a swimming success after being in the Polliwog swim class frog-ever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, when Queen Victoria is unable to go swimming without her subjects glimpsing her in a swimming suit, her husband, Prince Albert, comes up with an innovative solution so his wife can indulge in the healthy exercise.
12) Bubbles...up!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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 thepool's edge, will our main character be quick enough and brave enough to save the day?"--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
Author
Publisher
Abbeville Kids, a division of Abbeville Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Simple rhyming text, with illustrations by Norman Rockwell, follow a young girl through a busy day at home, in the pool, at the movies, and at a party. Includes a brief biography of Rockwell and a note from the woman who, at age nine, posed for the illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Holly's mom is a hoarder, and Holly is fed up with being picked on at school for being weird...and having the wrong clothes...and sticking out. All she wants is to be invisible. She loves swimming, because in the water everyone is the same. Ed goes to the swimming pool because everything else in his life has changed. In his old life, he had money, was on the swim team, and knew who he was and what he wanted. In his old life his dad hit his mom. Holly...
16) Pool panic
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jenny loves swimming, and her best friend has finally convinced her to join the school swim team--but when she is confronted by a crowd of spectators in competition she freezes up.
Author
Series
Maggie Sparks volume 2
Publisher
Sweet Cherry Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Maggie Sparks does NOT like swimming! It is cold, wet and worst of all, she is not very good at it. So when Mom decides to sign her up for swimming lessons, Maggie is not happy. Thankfully, Maggie is a super powerful, super smart, super talented witch. She is determined to use her powers to get into the elite Sharks swimming group and help her best friend, Arthur, along the way. All she needs is a little magic.--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 3
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2018.
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.
20) Eva at the beach
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Eva is very excited about a beach vacation with her family and best friend Lucy, but her secret fear of swimming where there might be hungry sharks could keep her from finding the legendary mermowls.
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