The Bottom Line
- Teaches children a very important lesson
- Narrated CD included
- All proceeds of Stewie the Duck go to water safety programs
- Jingle is hard to sing. ;-)
Description
- The book comes with a CD and includes the entire narration of the story.
- The CD also includes various versions of the water safety jingle, so kids can sing along.
- Since 1990, the Foundation has helped more than 10,000 children learn to swim.
Guide Review - Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim
I found the the jingle a bit tough to sing--it didn't seem to flow with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to me, but the CD helped, and I promise to practice! Still, the message is clear, and it's a great one to go over with your young children every day, especially during the hot summer months when swimming pools look so inviting.
The second book, Swimming Lessons with Stewie the Duck, was published in 2005. In this book, kids learn how to become safe swimmers. As soon as your children are ready for lessons, this book makes a great reinforcement of important concepts.
The Stew Leonard III Water Safety Foundation was created in memory of Stew Leonard III, who died in 1989 in a drowning accident when he was 21 months old. It provides scholarships for swimming lessons and safety equipment through local YMCAs and Swim America.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital partnered with the Stew Leonard III Water Safety Foundation in 2005 on a water safety curriculum that is being introduced to first graders in the Phoenix area.
