Swimming...in pages: The Kid Edition
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
It turns out, I have a water baby, which isn't surprising, given water has always been an underlying theme to his dad and I being together, he was born a Pisces, and loved swimming, even in utero. But the half hour of chlorinated, overheated indoor swimming a week isn't nearly enough.
And so, we read about swimming, about water, whenever we can.
Our current favourites:
Swimming Swimming, illustrated by Gary Clement
We all know the song (sorry, you'll now be singing it under your breath for days!) but this illustrated version is so wonderful. It captures the excitement of heading to the pool, complete with putting your bag in a locker, and taking a pre-dip shower. And then as the song begins, it becomes a Where's Waldo-esque swimming pool. The "fancy diving too" page really is the best!
I love the little boy has spaghetti and meatballs, and feeds his fish after a long afternoon in the pool.
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
This was a gem from my childhood (having a kindergarten teacher as a mom makes your childhood library full of incredible books!)
I so often think about Swimmy as the eye in mass of tiny red fish, but I had forgotten about how incredible the illustrations are until picking it up again with my little guy. Makes me want to put goggles on and find an ocean...
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
This book is amazing. In it, a wee fish has a hat that is not his. He took it from a much larger fish. The wee fish has a plan to get away with taking the hat...it's hilarious and beautiful and dark and did I say beautiful?
On a side note, there is some seriously amazing seaweed illustration in This Is Not My Hat and Swimmy:
This was a gem from my childhood (having a kindergarten teacher as a mom makes your childhood library full of incredible books!)
I so often think about Swimmy as the eye in mass of tiny red fish, but I had forgotten about how incredible the illustrations are until picking it up again with my little guy. Makes me want to put goggles on and find an ocean...
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
This book is amazing. In it, a wee fish has a hat that is not his. He took it from a much larger fish. The wee fish has a plan to get away with taking the hat...it's hilarious and beautiful and dark and did I say beautiful?
On a side note, there is some seriously amazing seaweed illustration in This Is Not My Hat and Swimmy:
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