Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory

by Julie Abery

Book Overview

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 had an idea. He offered to take responsibility for the children -- and then he began training them how to swim. Using his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1525300318
• ISBN13: 9781525300318
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3