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 Our pool
 Author: Cummins, Lucy Ruth

 Publisher:  Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2023)

 Classification: Easy
 Physical Description: [48] p., col. ill., 26 x 26 cm

 BTSB No: 252399 ISBN: 9781534499232
 Ages: 4-8 Grades: K-3

 Subjects:
 Swimming pools -- Fiction
 City and town life -- Fiction

Price: $23.78

Summary:
It is pool day in the city and everyone is welcome.


Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (04/01/23)
   Booklist (06/15/23)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/06/23)

Full Text Reviews:

Booklist - 06/01/2023 Oh, the delights of spending a day at the public swimming pool—changing clothes, spraying on the sun block, and diving in with so many others in “an ice-cold bowl of City People Soup!” Outside sounds fade into the background as splashy fun, punctuated by the lifeguard’s whistle and interrupted only by a quick bagel break (“Mom says my fingers look as much like raisins as the raisins do!”), goes on until it’s time for one last “CANNONBALL!” Then a walk home leads, of course, past the ice cream truck, and later, when night falls, it's off to dreamland. Capped by what appears to be a big, fanciful foldout scene of bubbles rising from apartment buildings toward a huge full moon, Cummins’ illustrations are crowded with people diverse in race, age, dress, and body type, parading down sidewalks, lounging poolside on towels, or happily immersed in the cool-looking water. A refreshing celebration of the right place to be on a hot summer day. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.

Booklist - 06/15/2023 Oh, the delights of spending a day at the public swimming pool—changing clothes, spraying on the sun block, and diving in with so many others in “an ice-cold bowl of City People Soup!” Outside sounds fade into the background as splashy fun, punctuated by the lifeguard’s whistle and interrupted only by a quick bagel break (“Mom says my fingers look as much like raisins as the raisins do!”), goes on until it’s time for one last “CANNONBALL!” Then a walk home leads, of course, past the ice cream truck, and later, when night falls, it's off to dreamland. Capped by what appears to be a big, fanciful foldout scene of bubbles rising from apartment buildings toward a huge full moon, Cummins’ illustrations are crowded with people diverse in race, age, dress, and body type, parading down sidewalks, lounging poolside on towels, or happily immersed in the cool-looking water. A refreshing celebration of the right place to be on a hot summer day. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.

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