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Read-Alikes for
There's a Shark in the Swimming Pool!
by G. E. Stanley

Book Capers, our book discussion group for students in grades 2 & 3, read and discussed There's a Shark in the Swimming Pool!. If you liked this book, you'll love reading these other adventures featuring the Scaredy Cats:

Bugs for Breakfast
The Day the Ants Got Really Mad
Mrs. O'Dell's Third-Grade Class is Shrinking
The New Kid in School is a Vampire Bat
The Vampire Kittens of Count Dracula
A Werewolf Followed Me Home
Who Invited Aliens to My Slumber Party

MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: Dive into one of these scary adventures.

Monsters Don't Scuba Dive by Debbie Dadey J DAD
There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new swimming teacher at Camp Lone Wolf really be a sea monster? The Bailey School kids are going to find out!
(Look for other titles in this series)
 
Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake by Patricia Reilly Giff J GIF
After a disastrous first day at school, Stacy comes up with a plan to win a best friend.
(Look for other titles by this author.)
 
Last One in is a Rotten Egg by Leonard Kessler JR KES
After Freddie is pushed into the deep end by a couple of bullies, he decides to learn to swim.
 
Cannonball Chris by Jean Marzollo JR MAR
Chris tries to overcome his fear of jumping into deep water in time for the second grade swimming party.
 
Raymond's Best Summer by Jean Rogers J ROG
Raymond's boring summer becomes exciting as he learns how to swim and helps the police catch a gang of thieves burglarizing the neighborhood.
 
The Thing in the Swamp and
More Not-So-Scary Stories
by William E. Warren J WAR
A collection of tales of seemingly frightening and horrible situations, each resolved in a harmless, ordinary outcome or explanation.
 
No Swimming In Dark Pond by Judith Gorog J 813.54 GOR
A collection of thirteen chilling tales that might be shared in the night with just the light of a campfire casting eerie shadows on the faces of the listeners.


This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library, July 1998.
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