Sakamotos Swim Club
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Author | : Julie Checkoway |
Publisher | : Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2015-10-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1455523437 |
Download The Three-Year Swim Club Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The New York Times bestselling inspirational story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world-class swimmers. In 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty-stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the current of their circumstance. The goal? To become Olympians. They faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The children were Japanese-American and were malnourished and barefoot. They had no pool; they trained in the filthy irrigation ditches that snaked down from the mountains into the sugarcane fields. Their future was in those same fields, working alongside their parents in virtual slavery, known not by their names but by numbered tags that hung around their necks. Their teacher, Soichi Sakamoto, was an ordinary man whose swimming ability didn't extend much beyond treading water. In spite of everything, including the virulent anti-Japanese sentiment of the late 1930s, in their first year the children outraced Olympic athletes twice their size; in their second year, they were national and international champs, shattering American and world records and making headlines from L.A. to Nazi Germany. In their third year, they'd be declared the greatest swimmers in the world. But they'd also face their greatest obstacle: the dawning of a world war and the cancellation of the Games. Still, on the battlefield, they'd become the 20th century's most celebrated heroes, and in 1948, they'd have one last chance for Olympic glory. They were the Three-Year Swim Club. This is their story.
Author | : Julie Abery |
Publisher | : Creative Editions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-02-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781568463292 |
Download Yusra Swims Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini.
Author | : Elizabeth Van Steenwyk |
Publisher | : Holiday House |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2023-07-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1682635929 |
Download First Dog Fala Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Meet the Scottish terrier who won the hearts of a United States president and the American people. In 1940, Fala came to live with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. The little dog played in the grass outside the Oval Office, attended important meetings with the president's advisors, and even dined with the president. But as America was drawn into the conflict of a world war, life at the White House changed. Fala accompanied the president across the country and around the world, waiting with him for the return of American servicemen and an end to a terrible war. Author Elizabeth Van Steenwyk offers young readers a glimpse into American history and the life of an American president through the story of a loyal dog. Michael G. Montgomery's full-color illustrations capture the indomitable spirit of Fala and the nation and president who loved him.
Author | : Eva Byrne |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019-03-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1683354702 |
Download Along Came Coco Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In a time when children were meant to be seen and not heard, along came Coco, a small French orphan with an eye for style, a talent for sewing, and a big imagination. Coco grew up in an orphanage run by very strict nuns, but she wasn’t very good at following rules. At a time when girls were told to brush their hair 100 times until their arms were sore, Coco promised herself that one day she would snip away her locks so that she wouldn’t have to be so fussy—girls needed time for other things, and they needed some of the comforts that boys enjoyed. Why shouldn’t girls have pockets? And why did they have to wear corsets all the time? An exploration of Coco’s early life and a celebration of her creativity, Along Came Coco †‹shows the ways in which Coco Chanel’s imaginative spirit led her to grow into one of the world’s most beloved fashion icons.
Author | : Susan Wood |
Publisher | : Lerner Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2018-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1430131845 |
Download Esquivel! Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Juan Garcia Esquivel was born in Mexico and grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands. He loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. Juan's space-age lounge music popular in the fifties and sixties has found a new generation of listeners.
Author | : Pete Barnes |
Publisher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2009-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0870204343 |
Download Richard Bong Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Wisconsin-born Richard Bong was the highest-rated flying ace in World War II, famous for having shot down 40 Japanese planes during a 3 year career as a fighter pilot. The recipient of a Silver Star and a Congressional Medal of Honor, Bong was killed after the war in a flying accident just months after marrying the love of his life, Marge Vattendahl. Badger Biographies is a series intended to integrate reading and Wisconsin history for 4th through 8th grade students or for ELL/ESL high school students.
Author | : Allan Morey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-09 |
Genre | : Diving |
ISBN | : 9781607538097 |
Download Swimming and Diving Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Presents information about swimming and diving in the Olympics including different types of swimming strokes, different diving events, and synchronized swimming.
Author | : Kelly Spence |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Olympic Games |
ISBN | : 9780778747116 |
Download Yusra Mardini Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Read all about the courageous young refugee from Syria who beat all odds to become an Olympic swimmer.
Author | : Lavonne Leong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : Hawaii |
ISBN | : 9781933067551 |
Download Up in the Hawaiian Sky Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What happens when the rising sun invites you to come along, too? Journey up, up, up into the Hawaiian sky with the sun as your guide, meeting birds and bees, flying over treetops and airplanes, and soaring through an outstretched rainbow. Then set softly down on the sandy shore as the sun's busy day comes to an end.
Author | : Marie Powell |
Publisher | : Smart Apple Media |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-09 |
Genre | : Readers (Elementary) |
ISBN | : 9781625882905 |
Download Get Wet! Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Meet Bret, a young boy who is afraid to get wet, while learning words in the -et word family.