Splash

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a lot I didn't know, some of it surprising. For example, I had no idea naked swimming was so common on both sides of the Atlantic in the past. Who am I to judge a children's novel about learning to be comfortable in your own skin and standing up to your bullies? Splash is a delightful children’s book that was such a joy to read. It is filled with inspirational messages as well as being one of the few children’s books that feature a disabled character. From the first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the recreational swimmers in your local pool, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern history, swimming has caused a ripple that touches us all. But 2020 has been a good year for books about swimming. Bonnie Tsui's Why We Swim is a much slimmer volume than Howard Means comprehensive tome, but while there is some degree of overlap in the material covered the two books are in fact quite complimentary. Also worth noting, where that overlap occurs Means provides much more detail.

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I really loved this book and I think that whilst the message seemed fairly obvious to me as a grown up, believing in yourself and standing your ground is a very important lesson for children to learn especially with girls. There is more and more pressure put on girls by friends and the media about the importance of our outward appearance,something that Molly struggles with throughout the book as kids around her call her fat. It’s crucial to understand that people come in all shapes and sizes especially athletes, swimmers in particular can be quite muscular as it takes a lot of strength to swim that fast.

Recommend that all non-swimmers, regardless of age, should wear appropriate flotation devices and should be accompanied by a competent adult swimmer. Molly is 11 and will soon be moving on to secondary where she is desperate to fit in. She has four girlfriends that she hangs out with but one of them, her best friend Chloe can sometimes seem more like an enemy than a friend. This is the story of Molly, a Y6 girl with secret ambitions to swim like a champion. Why secret? Because her best friend Chloe says it's babyish...and that Molly is fat.

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As refreshing as jumping into a pool on a hot summer's day, Splash! sweeps across the whole of humankind's swimming history with an irrepressible enthusiasm that will make you crave your next dip.

Rapid River – Competent swimmers ONLY, all non-swimmers accompanied by competent Adult swimmer and wearing appropriate floating devices. viele Jahrhunderte schwammen die Menschen nicht mehr zum Vergnügen. Im Gegenteil: war man auf hoher See und fiel ins Wasser, verlängerte Schwimmen nur den Todeskampf. Auch bei einem Hexenprozess war es nicht hilfreich, wenn man schwimmen konnte. Aber es gibt auch Aufzeichnungen, dass in Amerika und Afrika früher wieder mit dem Schwimmen angefangen wurde als in Europa. A diverse range of styles and subjects, including still lifes, portraits, city scenes, animals and landscapes An exuberant and sweeping cultural history of the sport and a thoughtful meditation on its possible origins and humankind's larger relationship to water itself...Means takes us on a breezy, easily readable journey across time and space to help us even to begin to understand why we took to the water in the first place and why we still insist on splashing about in it today. A great gift for the swimmer in you or in your life. Family Slide – .All persons age 6 +, Competent swimmers only, 1 adult 16+ and 1 junior 2-5yr old can ride together.

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The story was a little cliched and the plot was a little too straightforward for my liking. I could predict the way the story would end but is it such a bad thing? I don't want the protagonist to suffer and lose her confidence! So seeing her take a stand and finally discover her inner strength while being surrounded by people who love her is not only the expected ending but the right one. I don't care how cheesy it is! Six subject-themed chapters explore landscapes, close-ups, animals, urban scenes, still lifes, machines and people Splash is a fresh and relevant narrative that dives into the hugely important theme of body image as well as the transition to secondary school, friendship, parental absence and the benefits of sport. Paralympic gold medallist Claire Cashmore has written her first children’s picture book. The story tells the tale of Claire’s childhood and how she actually hated the water when she was little. It is also about how claire, who was born without a left forearm, never let her disability stand in her way and she made sure she could do everything and anything she wanted to by believing in herself.

Add to this an absent mother who suddenly reappears In Molly’s life, it seems that everything is starting to get so complicated. Esu visiškai tikra, kad istorijos, kurias aš skaičiau paauglystėje, skiriasi kaip diena ir naktis nuo tų, kurios yra rašomos šiandien. Tuomet istorijose vyravo lauko žaidimai, draugystės, sveika konkurencija, o dabar kalbama apie populiarumą, diskriminaciją, skaudžias ir dideles problemas šeimoje. Ar manau, kad viskas per porą dešimtmečių pasikeitė? Ir taip, ir ne. Bet itin smalsu patikrinti, kas čia įvyko per visus tuos metus. I live in Malaysia, a country where the majority of the population are Muslim. Most people don't and can't swim, and despite the tropical climate, not many public pools exist. Swimming lessons are uncommon, though there is a strong local competitive swimming scene. In the parts of Splash about swimsuits I couldn't help but think of how the various 'Burkinis' worn by the women in my local pool are so similar to some of the swimsuits from the past. Of course it's not possible to include everything in a book and Means' main focus is Anglo-Saxon (but not uniquely), but I find it interesting how a recent surge in more conservative swimming attire has opened up the world of swimming to so many women who otherwise would never have dared bathe in public, whether in pools or any other bodies of water, and fits with Means' call to make swimming accessible to everyone. All swimmers must wear clean swimwear – cut-off jeans and other improvised costumes are not allowed. We make exceptions for religious or medical reasons; please speak to a member of staff for advice.

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Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Howard Means' Splash! has raised the bar for the 'swimoir'! He takes masterful strokes through 10,000 years of the cultural and social history of swimming and makes the strongest case yet written on why everyone should swim.