.png "Library Home Page")
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fairy tale of big waves and even bigger courage, inspired by the personal story of professional surfer Maya Gabeira, who smashed records and gender stereotypes
Young Maya is shy and often feels fragile and scared because of her asthma, except when she's in the waterâit's the one place where she feels strong. While everyone else in her town is scared of "the Beast," the giant wave heard all around the world as it crashes into
...Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pete is spending the day at the seashore. He has fun collecting shells and building a sand castle. But the beach is very hot. There is a whole ocean for Pete to cool off in, but it looks scary. Pete's brother, Bob, offers to teach Pete to surf. Will that be enough to help Pete get over his fear of the water?"--Description from Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss.
"A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." —The Washington Post Book World
With the same rigorous observation (natural and social),...
"A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." —The Washington Post Book World
With the same rigorous observation (natural and social),...
5) Up for Air
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Annabelle struggles in school, no matter how hard she tries. But as soon as she dives into the pool, she's unstoppable. She's the fastest girl on the middle school swim team, and when she's asked to join the high school team over the summer, everything changes. Suddenly, she's got new friends, and a high school boy starts treating her like she's somebody special—and Annabelle thinks she'll finally stand out in a good way.
...Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Blossom Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jump in the Pool in the Little Blossom Stories series uses curriculum based fiction to get children comfortable with reading--and excited about playing in the pool. This book uses a combination of sight words and short-vowel words in repetition to build recognition and confidence. Original illustrations help guide readers through the text. Text and format is created by Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language...
7) Scuba-Cat
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings Pete the Cat's world to life under the sea in this new I Can Read book.
Pete the Cat is going scuba diving! Before he hits the water, Captain Joe tells him about all the sea creatures he can encounter, and Pete is super excited to see a seahorse. But when he is suited up and swimming around, he has to search high and low to find the little guy. In this aquatic
...Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Edward isn’t ready to swim without his water wings
Edward Bear is all excited to go to Georgina’s birthday. It’s a pool party, and Edward wants to wear his water wings. But Edward is the only one wearing wings and some guests tease him about it. Edward isn’t quite ready for this kind of party. As we know, some of us need our water wings a bit longer than others. It’s fine to swim in water wings as long as...
Edward Bear is all excited to go to Georgina’s birthday. It’s a pool party, and Edward wants to wear his water wings. But Edward is the only one wearing wings and some guests tease him about it. Edward isn’t quite ready for this kind of party. As we know, some of us need our water wings a bit longer than others. It’s fine to swim in water wings as long as...
9) Pool
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
An NPR Best Book of the Year: This wordless tale of two children’s underwater adventure “will stay with you even after you close the book and resurface” (The Boston Globe).
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Gold Medal Winner, Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram Best Book of the Year
What happens...
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Gold Medal Winner, Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram Best Book of the Year
What happens...
10) Why We Swim
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." -Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
We swim in freezing Arctic waters and piranha-infested rivers to test our limits. We swim for pleasure, for exercise, for healing. But humans, unlike other animals that are drawn to water, are not naturalborn swimmers. We must be taught. Our evolutionary ancestors learned for...
11) Boats Will Float
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
Writing in rhythmic text, author Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum (Trains Don't Sleep) explores the many types of watercraft navigating our lakes, rivers, and oceans, including trawlers, tankers, and cruise ships. Beginning with the sunrise, boats of all shapes and sizes are on their way to a full day. Fishing boats with their nets head out for their day's lucky catch. Tugboats guide a freighter safely into harbor, and pleasure craft such as sailboats and...
12) The Secret Room
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Achim is eleven years old when he moves from the orphanage to the house by the sea. Here everything is strange and new. But one day he discovers an unusual door that leads to a circular room with walls made of rough stone. The light coming through the window is hazy, as if the room is under water. It is a magic room—which he calls "The Adopted Room"—belonging to another world. And on a bed in the room sits a boy who is waiting to take...
13) Dino-swimming
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plant-eating dinosaurs compete against meat-eating dinosaurs at a swimming meet.
14) Man o' war
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has grown up down the street from Sea Planet, an infamous marine life theme park slowly going out of business in small-town Ohio. When a chance encounter with a happy, healthy queer person on the annual field trip lands River literally in the shark tank, they must admit the truth: they don’t know who they are—only what they’ve been told to be. This sets off a wrenching journey...
15) Below
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
On the day Cassie was born, they drowned her town. The mayor flipped a lever and everyone cheered as Old Lower Grange was submerged beneath five thousand swimming pools' worth of water. Now, twelve years later, Cassie feels drawn to the manmade lake and the mysteries it hides - and she's not the only one. Her classmate Liam, who wears oversized swim trunks to cover the scars on his legs, joins Cassie in her daily swims across the off-limits side of...
16) Down the Yukon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of Dawson City's Great Fire of 1899, sixteen-year-old Jason and his girlfriend Jamie canoe the Yukon River across Alaska in an epic race from Canada's Klondike to the new gold fields at Cape Nome.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Jordan's days as star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just come between Jordan...
Author
Series
Galaxy Zack volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When summer arrives on Nebulon, Zack discovers that his best friend, Drake, is afraid to learn to swim and decides to teach him before they go on a trip to water-covered planet Araxie.
19) Focus on Chile
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Read all about Chile's land and resources, the mineral-rich Atacama Desert, and the impact of colonization by Europeans, as well as daily life and culture today for people across Chile."--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request