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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
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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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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)
Disability Pride (kids and teens)
Disability Pride Month (SCPL-YS)
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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.
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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
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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.
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In this compilation of four separately published works, Gracie Laroo, the youngest pig on the Water Sprites, a medal-winning synchronized swimming team, gets a chance to perform at the Pig Jubilee, in a movie, on a cruise ship, as well as giving a motivational speech at her former school--all things which test her confidence and abiltiy to perform in the clutch.
13) 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.
14) The swim race
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Casey really enjoys her swimming class at the sports center and imagines her first race.
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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? --
16) Swim for it!
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Elephant overcomes his fear to jump into the pool with his friends Pig and Cow.
17) Lottie & Walter
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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.
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"¡A bucear Llama Llama! Luna Jirafa tiene la fantástica idea de pasar la tarde jugando en la playa. Fantástica excepto por un pequeño detalle… Llama Llama ¡no sabe nadar! Entonces, hace todo lo que un pequeño Llama haría: pide ayuda a su Mamá. ¿Podrán las clases de natación de Mamá Llama ayudar a su miedo del océano, o se quedará en la orilla todo el verano?"--
Luna Giraffe has the fantastic idea to spend an afternoon playing...
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Expelled from their secondary school in East Germany because of their rebellious attitudes, Hanna and Andreas plan to escape by swimming across the cold and choppy waters of the Baltic Sea in a harrowing twenty-five hour journey to freedom in West Germany--Hanna is an accomplished distance swimmer, Andreas is not, and the danger of being caught, drowning, or dying of exhaustion is very real, but the two teenagers are desperate to escape their lives...
20) Gold medal swim
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Sam is the best swimmer on his team, and he is happy to help the new student, Julien, practice his laps and technique--but when it comes to an actual race, only one swimmer can win.
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