swimming

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Get set! Swim!

1998
A young Puerto Rican girl learns an important lesson about pride and victory from her mother.

When the water closes over my head

1994
When his family goes on vacation to visit his grandparents in Iowa, nine-year-old Mikey is continually faced with his fear of drowning.

Brave Maddie Egg

1995
Brave Maddie is secretly afraid of putting her head in the water--a fear she must overcome if she wants to go on a boating trip with her family.

Better swimming for boys and girls

1982
Describes the fundamentals of four strokes, dives, and turns used in competitive swimming. Also discusses basic water safety.

Make the team

1991
Describes the basic skills, common strokes and dives, and training exercises involved in competitive swimming and diving.

The 100 best swimming drills

2011
Provides step-by-step instructions for one hundred swimming drills aimed at improving technique for the four competitive strokes--freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly--and preventing injuries. Includes diagrams and underwater and surface photographs.

Swim, Little Wombat, swim!

2005
Presents a children's book for early readers about a little wombat who learns how to swim from his new friend, Platypus.

The case of the smiling shark

2004
Conor, Timmy, and Jack, the three members of the Freaky Joe Club, dive into their second case in Ship's Cove, Texas, when the mascot for the Octopi swim team disappears on the eve of a charity swimathon.

There's a shark in the swimming pool!

1996
Sharyn and Charlotte prepare for their beach vacation by taking swimming lessons at a new marine water pool, but they are frightened when an angry escaped shark gets into the pool and tries to bite Sharyn.

Karen's swim meet

1999
Karen enjoys being on a swim team until the coach becomes more demanding.

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