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1) Why we swim
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AAPI Celebration
OBD Dive into a Good Book - Adult
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
OBD Dive into a Good Book - Adult
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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"Bonnie Tsui looks at our love affair with the water, from evolution to mythology, from survival and well-being, from community swim clubs to competitive races, and she goes around the world to explore its significance in many cultures"--
3) Night swim
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Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, he moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home's shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home's past will unleash...
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Baloney and friends volume 3
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If you like the "Baby-Sitters Little Sister" series
Jan24 1st/2nd grade
OBD Ready for Chapter Books - YOUTH
Jan24 1st/2nd grade
OBD Ready for Chapter Books - YOUTH
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"Meet Baloney! He's a pig. This book is about him. And also Peanut, his best friend. There's Bizz, too, of course. And Krabbit. He'd rather not be here, but what can you do?"--Provided by publisher.
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Be confident in the pool or open water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This proven program will help you master these techniques:
• Freestyle
• Backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Butterfly
• Starts and Turns
• Open Water
• Survival Swimming
Step-by-step instruction and full color photos show basic arm and leg movements along with proper body
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Henry Heckelbeck volume 12
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Henry's friends are excited to try out the diving boards at their new community pool, but Henry's fear of heights dampens his enthusiasm.
8) Man o' war
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On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love.
10) Pool party!
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Heidi Heckelbeck volume 29
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"When Heidi's swim team, the Little Mermaids, want to raise money for new swim caps and goggles, Heidi helps with the perfect idea: They should throw a pool party! The temperature in Brewster has been hot, hot, hot, and all the kids in town are looking for a way to cool down. With the help of her team, friends, and a little magic, Heidi brings her pool party idea to life." -- Amazon.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this extraordinary book, the world’s most extraordinary distance swimmer writes about her emotional and spiritual need to swim and about the almost mystical act of swimming itself.
Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding”...
Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding”...
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Learn how to maintain steady breath while swimming. With exercises based around practice with a water bowl, a shallow pool, and a whole-body stroke in the water, the program teaches how to both remain oxygenated and improve swimming movements so that the two processes can aid each other and create maximum comfort and efficiency for both new and experienced swimmers.
19) Happy laps
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Lean how to swim without fear of sinking, how to breathe in water, and how to move with such efficiency that will make swimming graceful, nearly effortless laps for health, fitness, or pleasure.
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"In a quiet New England community members of swim team and their dedicated parents are preparing for a home meet. The most that Annie, a swim-mom of two girls, has to worry about is whether or not she fed her daughters enough carbs the night before; why her husband, Thomas, hasn't kissed her in ages; and why she can't get over the loss of her brother who shot himself a few years ago. But Annie's world is about to change. From the bleachers, looking...
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