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Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory

Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory

Author: , Illustrator: Chris Sasaki

The inspirational and little-known story of a dedicated teacher who coached Hawaiian swimmers all the way to the Olympics, beautifully told in simple rhyme. When the children of workers on a...
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Ages: 5-7
Read time: 5-20 mins
AR LEVEL: 2.2
LEXILE©: AD480L
Ages: 5-7
Read time: 5-20 mins

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