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1) Unsettled
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
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Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
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Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
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Emily Windsnap volume 1
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For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has anxiously kept Emily away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery -- about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface. In a lovely twentieth-anniversary...
5) Jabari jumps
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Black Lives (kids)
Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
6) Up for air
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Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, thirteen, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.
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Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 3
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Sophie Mouse wants to prove how wonderful mice are for a school project she is doing with her brother, Winston, but starts to have doubts when, even with Hattie and Owen's help, she is unable to learn to swim.
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Captain Awesome volume 4
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To finish summer swimming lessons, Eugene brings out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to confront the "Blobby Blob-Blob" at the deep end of the pool.
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2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
Disability Pride (kids and teens)
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2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
Disability Pride (kids and teens)
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A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
10) Barely floating
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Twelve-year-old Natalia's dream of becoming a synchronized swimmer is in jeopardy when her parents decide they are against a sport that emphasizes looks, but Nat is determined to change their minds.
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"Young Ben Franklin's mind was always working--even when he was swimming! Eleven-year-old Ben was determined to figure out how to swim like a fish, fins and all, and didn't mind making mistakes along the way. Author Barb Rosenstock and illustrator S.D. Schindler follow Ben into the water to capture the historic moment of Ben Franklin's first invention."--Back cover
12) Eva at the beach
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Eva is very excited about a beach vacation with her family and best friend Lucy, but her secret fear of swimming where there might be hungry sharks could keep her from finding the legendary mermowls.
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Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, which is her only refuge from an alien society.
15) Dino-swimming
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Batavia Public Library Wonderbooks - YOUTH
Dino-Tastic Reads
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Wonderbooks!
Dino-Tastic Reads
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Wonderbooks!
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Plant-eating dinosaurs compete against meat-eating dinosaurs at a swimming meet.
17) Pool panic
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Jenny loves swimming, and her best friend has finally convinced her to join the school swim team--but when she is confronted by a crowd of spectators in competition she freezes up.
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Mindy Kim volume 8
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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 make a splash? --
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