Title: Swimmy
Author: Leo Lionni
Year Published: 1973
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Why I chose this book: I chose Swimmy because of the title and the cover. I found the cover to be beautiful and it reminded me of swimming. Swimming is one of my favorite summer things to do, especially since I moved to the sweltering heat of Texas from glorious summer weather in Wisconsin. I love the freeing feeling of being weightless and flowing in the water. When I am emotionally stirred, I head towards a body of water, or my backyard which has a fountain. Water is safe, beautiful, majestic, and ought to be respected.
Reaction: Swimmy is a quaint story with amazing illustrations that inspires and teaches "little fish" that when they work together they can accomplish anything. Swimmy the fish's differences weren't mentioned in the text. At first I wasn't sure why he was black and the other fish were red; if it was a symbol of diversity or had another meaning. His differences ended up being very useful.
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