Frank Carlson Library

Splat is not happy to hear that Spike will be coming over for a play date after school, but when their class starts swimming lessons the two discover that they have more in common than a love of candy fish.

"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...

Splish-splash! Swimming is a highly motivating activity for young people. This likeable book, featuring low-ATOS text, takes readers into the water with a friendly narrator. They'll learn about where they can swim, special swim strokes, and games they can play in the water. Charming, vibrant images demonstrate that swimming is fun and so is reading.

This Level 1 guided reader examines activities people do when visiting the beach in summer. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about sunblock, building sandcastles, and having fun in the water.

The Land Sharks take on the Algae Eaters in a dino-swimming showdown! Raptor and Stegosaurus start it off in the individual medley, while the Ptero twins battle it out in the butterfly race. Then Galli and Diplo wow the crowd with their flips and tricks off the diving board! But which team will win the swim meet? It comes down to the last event: the backstroke. Both Stego and Galli think they'll take the prize. Let's hope these dinos remembered their...

From learning the crawl to doing the backstroke, swimming is fun! Learn the basics of the sport while building reading skills with these supportive texts.

It's Joke Day at school for Flip and Fin, the sand shark twins! What sits on the bottom of the sea and shakes? A nervous wreck! What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships! Laugh-out-loud funny, Flip & Fin: We Rule the School! is a perfectly silly-and perfectly lovable-deep-sea story about brothers and best friends. It's almost Joke Day, and Flip is practicing his best jokes. Flip's twin brother Fin thinks Flip's pretty chomping good. But Flip doesn't...

Introduce Common Core State Standards for math and English to young readers in a format they'll love! This book includes number-based facts, a brief introduction to the sport of swimming, and diagrams of swimming lanes. Brief story problems are matched with each photo to promote reading comprehension and math practice. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Gilbert the opossum imagines himself as Surfer Dude on a fun-filled day at the beach.

Paddington visits the beach where he splashes in the ocean and builds a sand castle before being swept off in an adventure.