Swim, Mo, Swim! (Mo Jackson #5)
by David A Adler (Author) Sam Ricks (Illustrator)
Mo is going swimming in the fifth title of the perennially popular, Geisel Award-winning Level 2 readers series by David A. Adler!
It's Field Day at summer camp and Mo's group, the Guppies, is competing for extra ice cream! He and his friends are doing their best at everything from the three-legged race to the potato sack race, and as the day nears its end, each group has won one medal each. It's all on Mo to break the tie in the final event: swimming!
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Kirkus
Simple in its storytelling, strong in its diversity, this is an entertaining as well as enlightening read. --Kirkus Reviews
ALA/Booklist
The youngest, smallest kid on each team, Mo works hard to learn and improve his skills. Who could begrudge this unlikely sports hero the good luck that comes his way in each book? Not a kid who's working hard to master a similarlycomplex, difficult challenge: learning to read. --Booklist
School Library Journal
Another winning title in the popular series. --School Library Journal
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Another winning title in the popular series. —School Library Journal Simple in its storytelling, strong in its diversity, this is an entertaining as well as enlightening read. —Kirkus Reviews The youngest, smallest kid on each team, Mo works hard to learn and improve his skills. Who could begrudge this unlikely sports hero the good luck that comes his way in each book? Not a kid who's working hard to master a similarlycomplex, difficult challenge: learning to read. —Booklist
David A Adler
David A. Adler is a former math teacher and author of more than two hundred books for children. He has collaborated on several science picture books with Anna Raff, including Light Waves and Magnets Push, Magnets Pull, both named finalists for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books. He is also the author of the Picture Book Biography series and the Cam Jansen mystery series. He lives in New York. Edward Miller is a former children's book art director who loves to make concepts clear to kids and has demonstrated that in his previous nonfiction books. School Library Journal praised his Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Debora Pearson as "stunningly illustrated." He illustrates a variety of products for kids in addition to books. He lives in Beacon, New York. Follow him on Instagram @edelementary.
Classification
-
ISBN-13
9781984836793
Lexile Measure
470
Guided Reading Level
J
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date
May 02, 2023
Series
Mo Jackson
BISAC categories
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV032000 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV032000 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
African Americans
Camps
Readers
Readers (Publications)
Swimming
Racing
African Americans
Camps
Readers
Readers (Publications)
Swimming
Racing
