Splash, 9780755502851
Paperback
Overcoming fear of water, a gold medalist finds her splash.

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  • Paperback

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    21 October 2021

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Summary

Splash!: A Story of Overcoming Fear

Claire Cashmore, MBE and Paralympic gold medallist, was born without a left forearm – but she never let being different stand in the way of her big dreams. Splash is based on Claire’s real-life experience: this gold-medal-winning swimmer really was scared of water … until one day, everything changed!

These are Claire’s big sisters. They call her Bear and ruffle her hair. And whatever…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780755502851
ISBN-10:075550285X
Author:Claire Cashmore, Sharon Davey
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Farshore
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:21 October 2021
Weight:200g
Dimensions:275mm x 245mm x 2mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Guardian Book of the Month

‘Exuberant … full of the joys of swimming. The heroine has a limb difference, understatedly conveyed in both text and pictures, while the chief focus of the story is fun, perseverance and supportive family love’ – Imogen Russell Williams

About The Author

Claire Cashmore

Claire Cashmore, MBE, is a Paralympic swimming champion and Paralympic gold medallist. She has taken part in four Paralympic Games, her first, in Athens 2004, aged just sixteen. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won her first Paralympic gold. Now competing as a paratriathlete, Claire is the current ITU World Champion. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2017 and is a passionate ambassador for disability sport. Splash is her first picture book.

Sharon Davey is the illustrator of I Don’t Like Books. Never. Ever. The End. and Do Not Disturb the Dragons,. Her debut book as an author-illustrator, Bears Don’t Wear Shoes, publishes in Spring 2021.

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