

When You Can Swim
Author: Jack Wong
Narrator: Shannon Tyo
Unabridged: 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 05/16/2023
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Sports Stories
Author: Jack Wong
Narrator: Shannon Tyo
Unabridged: 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 05/16/2023
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Sports Stories
I loved this book. It was an ideal and meaningful book for me. First of all, the illustrations are gorgeous. Big, bold, colorful, expressive, and perfect for this book. I loved the poetic story of encouraging a child to learn to swim, mostly in nature, but the story does end at a swimming pool for the......more
EXCELLENT picture book about overcoming the fear of swimming and exploring the beauty of water bodies no matter your race, age, or gender. Stunning illustrations. Just so well done. Read this to get kids amped up about learning to swim!......more
Lovely celebration of swimming and the worlds of possibility that learning to swim can open to us!......more
As a former swim teacher and devoted lake swimmer, I can't think of another book that has so perfectly captured the sense of freedom and discovery that can come from swimming. Jack Wong's lyrical language is a delight to read, and he uses color and shadow in extraordinary ways to bring depth and mov......more
Praise for When You Can Swim:* "In visually inventive, lovingly finished pastel-and-watercolor spreads and sinuous lines of prose-poetry, debut author-illustrator Wong showcases myriad children encountering the joys of swimming...Such belonging is precisely the triumph that the story envisions, offering swimming's freedoms widely, and imagining the way that swimming can lend a feeling of autonomy and connection." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review* "With endpapers that depict an Asian child gazing uncertainly at their own reflection in a pool, this book offers beginning swimmers both reassurance and compelling promises of adventure and discovery that will ensue "when you can swim."...The title is bound to inspire all swimmers to embrace nature, no matter where they are on their journey." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Jack Wong's BREATHTAKING watery landscapes, strong currents surge beneath rushing waterfalls, and sunlight shimmers on ocean waves and the surface of a river. Text and illustrations merge SEAMLESSLY to illuminate the ways in which swimming animates all the senses, and Wong writes with BEGUILING LYRICISM...Wong's playful perspectives are CAPTIVATING..." -- BookPage, starred review