good learning story, but I'm not too into the pictures

As someone who has always worked at pools and taught swimming lessons I love this take on being afraid of something new. Maybe I should start a swim time story time during the summer. 😀🏊🏼‍♀️🏊🏾‍♂️

Young readers will relate to the topic.
A good book to show that growth mindset can also occur over time.

A beautiful book about facing fears bit by bit. I adore the teacher who is so patient and supportive of this little girl as she learns to swim. Pair this with Jabari Jumps.

Nice for someone who is feeling unsure about a new activity. Especially if that someone experiences physical upset when nervous.

My daughter lived this book, probably because Saturday is her swimming day too. She had problems connecting the stomachache to nervousness and was quite concerned about the girls health though.

This will be a comforting read for any kid feeling apprehensive, nervous, or scared about swimming. The simple matter-of-fact recitation of the lessons each week will prepare kids for what to expect in a swim class.

Yum illustrates the main character's mood and feelings through her body language in every single illustration. If you isolated just the main character from each illustration and removed everything else including the text, I bet most people would still be able to "read" the story and get the gist of what happens.

I appreciated seeing two joyful, confident Black swimmers in the class as well as a Black teacher; I believe there is generally a lower percentage of people who have learned to swim among Black people than other racial groups, which sometimes results in tragedies. The characters in this book help to reinforce that swimming is for all people and everyone should know how to swim.

I also appreciate that all the characters -- the little swimmers and the teacher and the mom -- all have normal, realistic bodies. Body image impacts too many people's enjoyment of the water, so the more healthy & normal bodies of all shapes and sizes we see in bathing suits and swimming, the better.

A young girl has been signed up by her mother for Saturday morning swimming lessons and she isn't very happy about it. The first Saturday, she says she has a stomachache, but with no fever, she is off to the pool. And spends the time standing by the wall, watching the other kids have fun during their lesson. The next week, she gets as far as sitting on the edge of the pool, watching the other kids have fun during their lesson. But the third week, Mary, the instructor, helps the girl get into the pool and by the end of the lesson, she is a more willing beginning swimmer (with lots more lessons to go). This is a sensitive, simple story about fear of the water, a fear that many young kids experience, and overcoming it. The real beauty of this story is not only that the girl gets past her fear and begins to enjoy learning to swim, but that the adults, her mom and Mary, don't pressure her, and let her come to the water in her own time. Hyewon Yum's watercolor and colored pencil illustrations are done in a palette of pool blues and tile whites, with lots of colorful bathing suits. Pair this book with Jabari Jumps for your young swimmers.

Sweet story with lovely, soothing illustrations. The text is a bit slow/uneven and doesn't lend itself to reading out loud.

As someone who inhales most swimming pool water, I resonated with this one.