{"id":52831,"date":"2024-07-16T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=52831"},"modified":"2024-07-08T09:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T14:54:19","slug":"july-picture-book-recommendations-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/july-picture-book-recommendations-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"July Picture Book Recommendations: Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer months are full of fun in the sun. For this month’s storytimes, I have decided to read books about swimming! Below are titles about swimming and water safety to share with your young readers! If you would like to place a hold on any of the below titles, simply click on the title or the picture! I hope that you enjoy them as much as I have!<\/p>\n

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Together we Swim<\/em><\/a> by Valerie Bolling and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
\nA sweet little one takes his first lessons in the swimming pool with his supportive family.<\/p>\n

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Who Can Swim<\/a><\/em> by Sebastien Braun
\nWho can swim? A simple question to ask as you read this lift and flap board book story with your little one.<\/p>\n

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Llama Llama Sand & Sun<\/em><\/a> by Anna Dewdney
\nEnjoy a day at the beach with beloved character, Llama Llama!<\/p>\n

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Swim, Little Wombat, Swim<\/a><\/em> by Charles Fuge
\nLittle Wombat finds a new friend, the only problem, he can’t swim but his new friend can. Swimming can be hard at first but our Little Wombat doesn’t give up.<\/p>\n

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Don’t Splash the Sasquatch<\/a><\/em> by Kent Redeker and illustrated by Bob Staake
\nSasquatch wants a nice day by the pool and just has one request, no splashing. A series of hilarious animals make his dream of a dry day, nearly impossible!<\/p>\n

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Beach Day<\/a><\/em> by Reid Hunter
\nLearn about everything that you need for a perfect day on the beach through colorful illustrations.<\/p>\n

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The Whale in my Swimming Pool<\/a><\/em> by Joyce Wan
\nA little guy wants to play in his kiddie pool on a hot day but discovers and unlikely roadblock, there is a whale in his swimming pool!<\/p>\n

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Dino-Swimming<\/a><\/em> by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Barry Gott
\nFollow our dinosaur friends as they compete at a dino-swimming meet!<\/p>\n

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Have you read any of these titles? I would love to hear about what you thought of them in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer months are full of fun in the sun. For this month’s storytimes, I have decided to read books about swimming! Below are titles about swimming and water safety to share with your young readers! If you would like to place a hold on any of the below titles, simply[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":52935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[8609,678,8612,8610,8614,8607,8611,8233,8613,8608,4831,8606],"class_list":["post-52831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-read-a-likes","tag-anna-dewdney","tag-beach","tag-bob-staake","tag-charles-fuge","tag-joyce-wan","tag-kaylani-jaunita","tag-kent-redeker","tag-lisa-wheeler","tag-reid-hunter","tag-sebastien-braun","tag-swimming","tag-valerie-bolling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/457601.jpg?fit=318%2C319&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-dK7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52831"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52953,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52831\/revisions\/52953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}