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• Serafina Makes Waves

  Burgess, Matthew,

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  Picture Book - Serafina, a young cat who hates water, faces off with her nemesis when her parents sign her up for swimming lessons.

• All I Want to Do Is Swim

  Singer, Marilyn,

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  Picture Book - A splashy, rhyming celebration of the joy, freedom, and confidence that comes with swimming. Award-winning author and poet Marilyn Singer uses the beauty of nature to inspire young readers to find confidence and comfort in the water.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Fish Like Me

  Sumner, Jamie

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  Picture Book - Underwater, everything looks different--and everybody moves differently too. During swim therapy, a child discovers he can be anything: a catfish, a seahorse, a starfish cartwheeling across the universe. He finds the magic of moving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim

  Commeh, Kobina,

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  Picture Book - Kwesi likes spending time at the lake with his friends, except there's one tiny problem... he can't swim. But guess what? Neither can Nana Ruby! When she comes over for dinner one night, she tells Kwesi about when she moved from Ghana…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tiny Barbarian Conquers the Kraken!

  Dyckman, Ame,

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  Picture Book - After admiring the new movie poster for Bob the Barbarian Conquers The Kraken, Tiny wants to battle a kraken in the choppy seas, too! There's just one problem: Tiny doesn't know how to swim! Off to the community pool for Tiny's first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oslo Learns to Swim

  Cushman, Doug,

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  Easy Reader - Rex the warthog and Oslo the oxpecker bird are friends who do everything together. But when Rex wants to go swimming, Oslo objects! The water looks cold and wet. There might be sharks. Will Rex be able to help Oslo overcome his fears…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daniel Learns to Swim

  Schwartz, Alexandra Cassel,

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  Paperback Picture Book - Daniel is so excited to take his first swim class...until he gets close to the water--then he starts to get nervous. Suddenly, swimming seems more scary than exciting. With his swim instructor's help, can Daniel overcome his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Pool

  Cummins, Lucy Ruth,

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  Picture Book - It is pool day in the city and everyone is welcome.

• Together We Swim

  Bolling, Valerie,

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  Picture Book - Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.

• When You Can Swim

  Wong, Jack, 1985-

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  Picture Book - A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature.

• Pool Party

  Duchene, Amy,

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  Picture Book - With swimsuits, splashes, and cannonballs, time in the pool means fun for all!

• This Makes Me Scared

  Carbone, Courtney,

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  Easy Reader - With his teacher's help, a boy begins to overcome his fear of swimming.

• Mindy Kim Makes a Splash

  Lee, Lyla,

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  Beginning Chapter Book/Series - 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let's Go Swimming!

  Feuti, Norman,

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  Easy Reader - On a hot day Hedgehog and his best friend Harry go swimming in the pond to cool off--and when Hedgehog helps his friend overcome his fear of going underwater they find a treasure.

• Bubbles...up!

  Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-

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  Picture Book - 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lottie & Walter

  Walker, Anna,

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  Picture Book - Lottie secretly knows there is a shark in the pool waiting to eat her, until her new walrus friend, Walter, helps her to conquer her fear.

• Margret & H.A. Rey's Curious George Goes Swimming

  Preziosi, Alessandra,

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  Picture Book - Spending a summer day at their local pool, George helps his friend Lucy learn to swim, despite her fears.

• 1, 2, 3, Jump!

  Detlefsen, Lisl H,

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  Picture Book - Takes a look at a child's first swimming lesson, assuring them that there are no mermaids, sea monsters, or sharks in the pool.

• No Swimming for Nelly

  Gorbachev, Valeri,

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  Picture Book - Nelly loves to wear her swimsuit, but the thought of swimming scares her, that is until Grandma, who just so happens to be a swimming champion, helps Nelly realize she has nothing to fear.

• Saturday Is Swimming Day

  Yum, Hyewon,

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  Picture Book - Finding the prospect of swimming so scary that she complains of a stomachache at the beginning of each swim lesson, a little girl works to conquers a fear of swimming as she receives gentle encouragement from her instructor.