Showing results for "Swimming" in Children's Audiobooks

Behind the flips, splashes, and speed of Olympic water sports, science is at work. Gravity and centrifugal force are at work as a diver spins and flips before splashing into the water. Olympic swimmers shave their bodies to reduce drag as they zip through the water. Find out how science is involved in all your favorite water events and how athletes take science into account in their quest for the gold medal.

A young boy's snorkeling guide, Juni, tells a story that he has swum with wild sharks and lived to tell the tale.

Have you ever wished you could swim with whales? Swim alongside a pod of orcas and see how these magnificent creatures spend their lives together in the Johnstone Strait. Learn how they travel, communicate, play, and hunt through the eyes of a young male orca.

Would you swim with sharks? Many people do! Marine biologists swim with sharks to learn more about these top predators. Snorkelers witness whale sharks and spy spotted leopard sharks. Some thrill-seekers even cage dive to get face-to-face with the giant toothy jaws of great whites!

Emma and her best friend, Izzie, try out for the swim team. Izzie doesn’t make it, but Emma does. Will Emma still want to be on the team without her best friend?

It's February of 2014 in the seaport city of Sevastopol in Crimea. Sofiya Oleksandrivna only wants two things: to figure out a way to get Ilya Ilyich to stop bullying her, and to convince her mother to come back home. But as battleships come to populate the waters around their city and Russian forces, including Ilya's father, start to make their presence known, an even greater threat takes over Sofiya's life.

Orca whales swim a lot during their day, so it's normal for them to encounter many things. Leveled text brings these animals to life.

Temporarily sidelined from her swim team by an earache, Julia won't be kept down in this buoyant novel for ages 7 to 10 by acclaimed writer Angela Ahn. As a member of the Vipers Swim Team, Julia Nam's always in the pool. Mountainview Community Center is like her second home, not only because...

Ally isn't able to live with her mother. Instead she lives far, far away, on the other side of the country, with her gram and great-aunt. But one summer Ally goes to stay with her aunt and uncle in the "big city by the ocean" and gets to spend time with her mom. While exploring the shore, watching whales from the boat dipping into the salty water, Ally finds out something important: her mother loves to swim as much as she does.

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about the basics of the sport of swimming. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

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 goggles - this swim meet is bound to make a splash!

¡Sumérgete en esta introducción a la natación! Aprende cómo se practica el deporte, cuáles son las diferentes partes de la piscina y más. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico hacen que los oyentes contemplan el contenido del libro....

Swim alongside a young orca and his pod. With engaging text, young listeners can be a part of the pod too.

Willst du mit deinem Kind einen Schwimmkurs besuchen und hast ganz viele Fragen dazu? Wir kennen sie alle und versuchen sie in diesem Podcast zu beantworten. Oder bist du Kursleiter:in und willst dich über deine Arbeit austauschen? Lass uns darüber reden! Wir sind Marion und Nicole vom Podcast Poolgeschichten. Wir lieben unsere Arbeit mit den Kindern und ihren Begleitpersonen im Wasser! Schön, dass du dabei bist!