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Pool Party: A Picture Book
From authors Elisa Parhad and Amy Duchêne and illustrator Anne Bentley, Pool Party is a splashy story picture book celebrating a fun-filled day at a public pool.
Splash, dash! It’s time for a pool bash! Grab your swimsuits, inner tubes, noodles, and floats, and jump, belly flop, or dive into this wet and wild ode to swimming pool fun.
Splash, dash! It’s time for a pool bash! Grab your swimsuits, inner tubes, noodles, and floats, and jump, belly flop, or dive into this wet and wild ode to swimming pool fun.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published March 15, 2022
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December 30, 2021
Obviously biased and have read it more times than a few dozen :)
March 22, 2022
The art palette in this story is very soothing and gives off a real vibe of summer pool-time fun that is nostalgic for for adult readers. I love the limited text that is engaging and shows the sensory experience of being at the pool including lots of pool shenanigans. I would love a water-proof version to read at the pool or bath-time!
March 29, 2022
The text and the illustrations are delightful!
February 10, 2022
Super simple, super cute! I want to go jump in a pool after reading this! The illustrations are beautiful. Kids of all ages will love this read!
Thanks ABRAMS for the arc
Thanks ABRAMS for the arc
November 17, 2021
I've read this more times than anyone will! And, of course, I love it.
June 30, 2022
"Skip, hop, belly flop
Cannonball
Free-for-all"
This enjoyable picture book about a long day in the pool will leave you just as tired and tuckered out as the children in the story. As they play games, dive, and eat slices of watermelon, their friendship strengthens. With beautiful front and end covers that reflect the tiled imagery of a pool's bottom, and unpainted backgrounds that evoke the sort of blinding sunlight echoing off of the concrete, Anne Bentley evokes a highly specific feeling of being at the pool.
Perfect for after a long day spent with your children at the public pool, or perfect for yourself when you're stuck at work, like me!
Cannonball
Free-for-all"
This enjoyable picture book about a long day in the pool will leave you just as tired and tuckered out as the children in the story. As they play games, dive, and eat slices of watermelon, their friendship strengthens. With beautiful front and end covers that reflect the tiled imagery of a pool's bottom, and unpainted backgrounds that evoke the sort of blinding sunlight echoing off of the concrete, Anne Bentley evokes a highly specific feeling of being at the pool.
Perfect for after a long day spent with your children at the public pool, or perfect for yourself when you're stuck at work, like me!
March 24, 2022
Pool Party will immerse your youngest readers in all the feels of pool fun. Between pruney fingers, belly flops, and popsicles for all, this picture book is a sweet reminder of the colors, sounds, & joyful feelings of summertime!
April 4, 2022
Satisfying romp and salute to the water, where everyone should be in the summer. Fun vocabulary and wonderful fun illustrations. The children depicted are diverse and inclusive which adds to the satisfaction in the telling and reading and sharing.
June 8, 2023
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September 9, 2023
This is a fun, engaging book! It’s full of silly and playful multi sensory phrases that are so fun. This book will create nostalgia for adults and anticipation for little ones! I can smell the chlorine and feel the sun on my skin!
April 7, 2022
Refreshing memories
This book brought me wonderful memories from my summers as a child. This is a fun read! I am looking forward to seeing more great reads from these two ladies!
This book brought me wonderful memories from my summers as a child. This is a fun read! I am looking forward to seeing more great reads from these two ladies!
April 12, 2022
simple text and great illustrations.
May 15, 2022
A fun-filled day at a public pool.
June 12, 2022
and ode to summer time pool fun with friends.
July 16, 2022
Very cute rhyming book about having fun around the pool.
August 23, 2022
Love the multicultural and colorful illustrations. Very cute summertime preschool read!
October 23, 2022
Would be a fun model for students to create their own descriptive poems / books.
December 24, 2022
Phonological awareness, vocabulary, PLAY
February 9, 2023
Cute book. Adorable pictures, rhyming text.
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August 20, 2024Short sentences, but even an older pool storytime crowd liked looking at the pictures when I read this at the pool
March 7, 2026
Rhyming text and colorful illustrations pair perfectly to create an atmosphere of energetic fun in this celebration of swimming together.
November 9, 2023
It's December in Kansas so naturally I find the perfect summer storytime book! The rhyming text is a blast to read and there's just the right amount of it. You can feel the sunshine and smell the chorine radiating from the exuberant and beautiful illustrations. And there are pool floaties galore! This book invites so many fun conversations - what makes the best floatie? What's your favorite floatie in this book? What's your favorite pool activity?
April 28, 2022
I received POOL PARTY as a giveaway winner. It is a cute summertime poem, turned picture book. I always read children’s books with my granddaughter, she’s seven, and she enjoyed this book. She loves animals so she really appreciated the animal pool floaties. Shout out to the illustrator for the beautiful artwork that brings this book to life.
The book itself is made of high quality material. The cover and back is very soft a smooth to the touch and the book pages are thick and sturdy. The print quality is excellent, and the bright colors of the artwork really shine through.
I hope this book will find it’s way to many more children’s book shelves this summer. I know they’ll love it as much as my granddaughter and I did!
The book itself is made of high quality material. The cover and back is very soft a smooth to the touch and the book pages are thick and sturdy. The print quality is excellent, and the bright colors of the artwork really shine through.
I hope this book will find it’s way to many more children’s book shelves this summer. I know they’ll love it as much as my granddaughter and I did!
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