Showing results for "The Swim" in Literature & Fiction

Marnie Blue returns for another exciting year at Lady Sealia Foam's Mermaid School! This time, Marnie and her friends are gearing up to compete in the Golden Glory Day competition - a series of events that includes a fishball tournament, an obstacle course and a seahorse race. In the past, the winner would receive the Golden Days Crown - but the crown went missing years ago, back when Marnie's aunt Christabel was still in school. But Marnie is determined to find the crown and swim to the rescue!

Fig Fitzsherbert is good at a lot of things: making lists, playing the piano, advanced mathematics. But it's never quite enough for her high-flying mother, who every New Year's Day sets Fig an impossible resolution. So one year, Fig decides to set her own challenge instead: she's going to swim her way round the world. There's just one tiny problem... Fig can't swim. Taking it one length at a time, Fig embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.

Plesiosaurus swam in prehistoric oceans. Its name means “near-reptile” because paleontologists thought that it resembled a reptile.

Alexa has one last chance to see a green sea turtle while snorkeling. She dreams of swimming with one as does her autistic brother, Jonah. Jonah loves to follow his sister around and share in her interests, but Alexa is beginning to get embarrassed by him.

Grace loves being on her school’s swim team. She enjoys hanging out with her teammates and making new friends. But when Chloe joins the relay team, she and Grace clash. Grace tries several ways to be friends with Chloe but fails every time. Then at a big swim meet, Chloe blames Grace for getting their team disqualified. Grace can’t believe it. She doesn’t understand why Chloe is so hostile toward her. Will the two girls learn to look past their differences and work together for the good of the whole team?

Follow Casey as she takes part in a swim race that is all an exciting daydream at her actual swim lesson.

A young fish wants to be able to play tag and other games with his friends, but first he must learn to swim.

Splash! This time, Abby's magic mirror sucks her into the tale of the Little Mermaid. Abby and her little brother Jonah get pulled through the mirror in their basement again - into the story of the Little Mermaid! Talk about being a fish out of water! Abby and Jonah are not in their element in this underwater world. And when they accidentally mess up the Little Mermaid's story, they must figure out a way to restore her happy ending. A hilarious, fractured-fairy-tale adventure under the sea.

A young fish wants to be able to play tag and other games with his friends, but first he must learn to swim.

Swimming is lots of fun for people of all ages, and children especially love getting in the water and enjoying themselves. So when the whisker gang learned that their best buddy Jax didn't know how to swim, they sprung into action to teach him!

Camp Scream #2: Sink or Swim has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

Little Leopard Learns to Swim offers a gentle introduction to the experience of learning to swim for young children. This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to the experience of gaining confidence in the water. Also included are suggestions for activities and...

A friendly turtle named Terry teaches a little fish with special needs named Finn how to swim. Finn was born with a fin a little different than the other fish, so something as natural for a fish to do like swimming is a challenge for Finn. Terry encourages and teaches Finn to swim and this begins a journey together in which they learn life lessons and how to defeat life's challenges that they face...together!

Auntie Ellie is a large sheep. She loves lying down by the river, watching over the lambs as they play. On a hot June day, whilst Stan and Little Red Tractor are haymaking, Auntie Ellie goes into the river to cool off and gets stuck in the mud! Auntie Ellie is much too heavy for Stan to lift, so he has to use Little Red Tractor to take the strain.

Bec loves swimming – and she loves being the fastest in the class! But when she joins junior squad, Bec discovers that there's more to swimming than just winning.

A short story about a boy who learns to swim and saves his friends in a pool in a rhyming pattern.

All of the monsters can already swim, except for dear Tish, who's scared to go in. Every time Tish tries to paddle in the moat, she panics. Can the monsters find a way to keep her afloat?

All of the monsters can already swim, except for dear Tish, who's scared to go in. Every time Tish tries to paddle in the moat, she panics. Can the monsters find a way to keep her afloat?

In this exploration of what it truly means to swim, expansive vignettes introduce sandpipers, tannin-soaked lakes, and the feeling of a small waterfall on sun-soaked shoulders. But what about those who are afraid of the water's mysterious ways and resist learning to swim? Painting a compelling picture of the many joys and surprises that the water holds, artist and author Jack Wong has delivered an empowering, poetic journey that invites children to discover their confidence within to receive the warmth and wonder of the natural world.

Sam is the best swimmer on his school swim team. When Julien, a new exchange student at school, joins the team near the end of the season, Sam offers to help him practice. But when Sam and Julien have to race against each other in the final meet, only one swimmer can win the gold.