Theme: Swimming

Splash, Joshua, Splash!

By Book Importer | Published: May 4, 2011

Joshua enjoys water splashing when he feeds the ducks, walks his dog, and especially when he and his grandmother splash in the swimming pool.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Northern Ireland (UK), Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Duke’s Olympic Feet

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Duke Kahanamoku was the twentieth century’s top waterman, and is known as the “father of international surfing.” The first Hawaiian to win an Olympic gold medal, Duke represented the United States in the Olympic Games in 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1932, winning gold, silver and bronze medals. Born in 1890, Duke grew up next to [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Hawaii, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Little Hippos’ Adventure

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Life for the little hippos is always the same: diving and swimming to their hearts’ content. Except the hippos think that it would be more fun if their diving board could be higher, as high as Tall Cliff. But they’re not allowed to go to Tall Cliff because it’s too dangerous. Each day they ask [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Picture Book, Sweden » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr Learn to Swim

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Snipp, Snapp and Snurr were three little boys who lived in Sweden. They had blue eyes and yellow hair, and they looked very much alike.One summer, the boys went to the seashore with their nanny. Although they didn’t know how to swim, Snipp and Snapp decided to go ‘sailing’ in Nanny’s washtub. Luckily, Snurr ran [...]

Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Sweden » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Charlie And Lola: Snow Is My Favorite And My Best (Charlie & Lola)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The weatherman has predicted snow, and Lola absolutely cannot wait. She just loves snow. “Why can’t it be winter ALL the time?” she asks her brother. But on an adventure to the Arctic, Charlie shows Lola why never-ending snow might not be so perfect for kids. How could Lola go swimming or wear her favorite [...]

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Freedom Child of the Sea

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A young man, swimming off the shore of a Caribbean island, is saved from drowning by a mysterious boy who appears from the depths. His body is scarred, yet his face is beautiful, and he leaps and swims as joyously as the dolphins. When the young man tells this to a passing stranger, he in [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Iguana Beach

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Little Reina persuades her mother to let her go to the beach with her uncle and cousins, but she has to promise to not go near the waves. It becomes intolerable for her to keep that promise as her cousins frolic in the water–and then she finds a solution to her problem.

Descriptors: Guatemala, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Surfer Of The Century: The Life Of Duke Kahanamoku

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The true story of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, six-time Olympic swimming champion and legendary surfer who popularized surfing around the world.

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The Shadows Of Ghadames

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.

Descriptors: Africa, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Libya » Other Themes: » Comments closed

The Rains Are Coming

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

As Aimee, the daughter of a missionary in Zaire, gathers her friends for a party, the sky grows more and more threatening.

Descriptors: Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed