Jim the crocodile finds the courage to face his fear of swimming in this funny and charming debut picture book from Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor–winning author-illustrator Kaz Windness. Jim the crocodile is scared of swimming—or rather, of sinking. His family’s swamp is just too deep, too dark, and too big. But maybe he could swim, if only there were a smaller swamp where he could try it on his own terms. Jim wiggle-waggles far and wide until he finds the perfect place. With the help of some floaties and his sisters, Jim just might find the courage to face his fear and show everyone—including himself—that Jim can swim!
" rhyming picture book designed to make children laugh and to instil swimming confidence. Jim can only stand on the edge of the pool while the others are splashing around, until suddenly he falls in - and finds, to everyone's surprise, that he can swim after all.
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Two young men, Jim, the naive, scholarly son of a Dublin shopkeeper, and Doyler, a rough working boy, struggle with issues of political, religious, and sexual identity in the year leading up to the Easter uprising of 1916.
This is the story of his life (so far). This is a story of determination, dedication, and discipline. This is the story of Jim the Swim, OBE. He hopes you enjoy it.
It's the Reeftown Rangers versus Splash's old school of fusilier fish in an underwater dance-off! Though Splash, Bubbles, and friends may not swim in sync, they have just as much "school spirit" as any group in the ocean.
It is a spicy, humorous, well written, autobiographical novel about life in the 20th century. One hundred and sixty pages of print and pictures depict the experiences of the author, personified as Jim Hanson. During WWII Jim was shipped to Australia as the Sergeant Major of a tank destroyer battalion. He attended officer's candidate school in Australia and graduated as a Second Lieutenant. His first assignment was terminated rather unceremoniously, but he enjoyed success and promotion during his second one. After five years of service, three of which were spent overseas, he was released to the army reserves. Life with his wife and their adopted daughter, plus numerous assignments as an industrial chemist, was followed by retirement. The deaths of his wife and daughter. Loneliness and boredom led him to become a Real Estate salesman. That helped him and his second wife select their future home and he acquired two wonderful stepsons as a result of their marriage. Unfortunately his wife developed bone cancer, after a few years, and died painfully. After Jim's second marriage, he dated fifteen widows and finally met one who loved dancing. They had many happy experiences together. But property taxes and inflation created serious financial problems, so Jim arranged to share his home with two immigrant women. Jim believes that finances are only important to the extent that they enable a person to be happy, healthy and safe. Courses in success motivation, problem solving and decision making helped him greatly during the year that he was a superintendent of production. He believes that more serious study should be given to motivation and demotivation.
Bob and Jim are two friends. Jim is poorer than Bob, but he takes care of his friend after Bob is made to leave the house where he lived. Jim falls in love with a beautiful she-mouse. But his beloved beauty betrays him. Jim is hardly able to cope with this situation. Bob decides to take his friend for a trip to Brazil to scare his sorrow away. As guests of a hotel, they win a trip to Amazonia. They go by a ship from Manaus, but the ship gets damaged and sinks. Bob and Jim must fight with the strong stream of the river to save their lives. They manage to reach the bank, but other problems are awaiting them. It hardly helps them to find a diamond when they are totally lost in the virgin forest. Mosquitoes, snakes and hunger endanger them but finally Bob’s grandson Archie redeems them. He comes to Earth in his spaceship Mouselia 1 from the future. He takes Bob and Jim aboard. The two friends are facing new situations and new things they’ve never seen before. When they get home, Jim invites Archie to go to see his flat. Archie leaves his spaceship in the vicinity of Jim’s flat. Two little cats start to play with the spaceship. Archie is very upset about it. He, Jim and Bob cannot find the spaceship. But finally they manage to find it. They have to confuse the cats to get the spaceship back. Are they successful?
