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Sakamoto's Swim Club

How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory

ISBN-13: 9781525300318

Contributor(s): Julie Abery (author), Chris Sasaki (illustrated by)

Subjects: Picture Books: General

Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA

Publisher Imprint: Kids Can Press

Publication Date: 04-05-2021

Format: Hardback

Availability: Out of stock

£16.99

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About the book

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 1930s Maui sugar plantation were chased away from playing in the nearby irrigation ditches, local science teacher Soichi Sakamoto began training them how to swim. Sakamoto devised his own innovative coaching techniques, building their strength and endurance. The children formed a swim club and began to dominate in swimming events around the world. And then one day, the proud Sakamoto saw an impossible dream come true - Olympic gold!

Sakamoto's Swim Club

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