Swimming
From the Series My First Sports
People swim for many different reasons--recreation, exercise, or competition. The goal of competitive swimming is to be the fastest in a variety of events featuring different strokes. Kids will learn the history, strokes, rules, and much more!
| Interest Level | Kindergarten - Grade 3 |
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| Reading Level | Kindergarten |
| Copyright | 2010 |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Bellwether Media |
| Imprint | Blastoff! Readers |
| Series | My First Sports |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 24 |
| Lexile | 780 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts! Level | 4.7 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts! Quiz | Q47500 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts! Points | 1.0 |
| ISBN | 9781600143267 |
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| Title Format | Reinforced book |
| Release Date | 2010-08-01 |
| Author | Anne Wendorff |
| Dewey | 797.2 |
| Guided Reading Level | M |
| ATOS Reading Level | 4.1 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 131707 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
Library Media Connection
Brightly colored and eye catching, this series is sure to be a popular choice for young readers. In addition to color photographs on each page, the text is divided into four sections. For example, Baseball contains What is Baseball?, The Basic Rules of Baseball, Baseball Equipment, and Baseball Today. Fun Facts are scattered throughout the pages in small bubbles. Words from the glossary are bolded in the text. The books also offer students a chance to learn more about the sport with suggestions of related books and information on the web at www.factsurfer.com. This highly appealing series will be a great addition to the sports section of both school and public libraries for younger children to read for their enjoyment and for beginning research. Glossary. Index. Recommended.