Swimmer (PAWS IV) [Paperback]

Shelley Gill (Author), Shannon Cartwright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: PAWS IV

This thrilling story of the Chinook salmon beautifully illustrates nature's circle and the cycle of life. Ages 7-11.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books/Paws IV Children's Books (July 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934007241
• ISBN-13: 978-0934007245
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.1 x 10.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Fish > Nonfiction
  • #49 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Fish > Fiction

More About the Author

Shelley Gill is an author and adventurer who has lived in Alaska 37 years. Through her true stories about racing in the Iditarod, swimming with blue whales, riding with the vaquero, climbing in ancient temperate rain forests and sailing to Antarctic she inspires kids to dream big. She visits schools all over the world and currently works as a humpback whale researcher in Prince William Sound. Read more about her at shelleygill.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elizabeth at Ashley River River El., October 11, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Swimmer (PAWS IV) (Paperback)

I thought that Swimmer was a GREAT book! It was full of fun and ineresting facts about Salmon, and their life stages. It also had some pretty cool facts about Alaska. My teacher read it to us and I learned a whole lot! This book is great for ALL ages. And it's excellent for book reports too! So any time you're not busy you should really read this book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great children's book about the culture of the Pacific Northwest, August 20, 2009

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This review is from: Swimmer (PAWS IV) (Paperback)

I found this book in the gift store at the Native Cultural Center in Anchorage, Alaska. I bought some inexpensive story-telling
knives (not sharp)such as the ones native people of Alaska used to draw pictures in the sand as they told their traditional stories. (You can see some original story-telling knives at the museum in Fairbanks.) I asked the native-born cashier if there was a children's book that used this story-telling technique. He showed me this book and told me that he had read this book many times as a child. In this book you will see a story-telling knife and learn to draw the symbols for the story. I liked the illustrations and story of the life of a salmon. I have purchased this book and a story-telling knife to give to my daughter. I am very impressed with the many native cultures of the Pacific Northwest. They prefer to be called "cultures" and not "tribes." "Swimmer" would be a good introduction for anyone who would like to learn more about the Pacific Northwest and its native cultures.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seth at Ashley River El., October 11, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Swimmer (PAWS IV) (Paperback)

I think this book is a great book. My teacher Mrs. Allen read it to me and my class. Swimmer was a fiction and non-fiction book. Shelley Gill will be coming to our school on Monday October 16, 2000. My favorite thing about this book is the facts and the story. My two favorite characters were the little girl and Swimmer. It was astounding to me how the salmon knew where and how the salmon knew to go to the ocean. I gave it a 5 stars because of its action. I thought that it was scary when Swimmer was about to be eaten by a killer whale. I loved how he hid so close to the ledge, and how the salmon jumped. My teacher told us a story about her adventures with salmon. She also told us about how people watched the salmon jump up streams and being eaten by a Grizzly Bears. I thought that was sad how they were eatan, but again I eat them too. When I eat salmon I eat it eather baked or fried. Swimmer was an awesome book to me and some of my friends. I hope Shelley Gill likes our school and enjoys our students!