Children's Nonfiction Water Sports
Swimming in Action
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2002
- Category
- Water Sports, Fitness & Exercise, Safety
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778703518
- Publish Date
- Oct 2002
- List Price
- $9.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778703310
- Publish Date
- Oct 2002
- List Price
- $25.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 8 to 9
- Grade: 3 to 4
Description
People enjoy swimming for exercise and as a fun recreational activity. Swimming in Action will inform kids about the four basic strokes—freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly, how and where to dive, poolside safety, rules, CPR, and the world of competitive swimming.
About the authors
JOHN CROSSINGHAM has spent most of his life playing music and writing words. In addition to having edited with OKB, he is author of Learn to Speak Music. A veteran of numerous bands, including Broken Social Scene and Raising The Fawn, he has toured much of the world, played on Conan, Letterman, and the Junos, and has released several albums and EPs. He has also written and edited dozens of children's books, as well as written about music for FASHION and Chart magazines. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
