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Swift Walker #1
A Continental Journey
Power your child's imagination with real information from Swift Walker. Swift Walker introduces kids to the continents, maps, and basic geography concepts with a fun character they can relate to.
Join Swift Walker as his speedy legs take him on a journey across the world to Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Antarctica. Beautiful, full color illustrations. Perfect for home, school, or homeschoolers.
Join Swift Walker as his speedy legs take him on a journey across the world to Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Antarctica. Beautiful, full color illustrations. Perfect for home, school, or homeschoolers.
- GenresChildrens
34 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2016
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February 10, 2018
What a wonderful new series! Great way to learn about the continents from a fun new character walks quickly and encounters new places.
January 27, 2018
Swift Walker has new fans in our house - bright, colorful illustrations and so many facts about the different continents. All the books in this series would be perfect for classroom libraries and belong on bookshelves for any kids interested in geography and natural sciences.
This book was sent to me by Plum Street Press Books for Multicultural Children's Book Day #readyourworld
Multicultural Children's Book Day 2017 (1/27/18) is in its 5th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids' books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.
MCBD 2018 is honored to have some amazing Sponsors on board. View our 2018 MCBD Medallion Sponsors here: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
This book was sent to me by Plum Street Press Books for Multicultural Children's Book Day #readyourworld
Multicultural Children's Book Day 2017 (1/27/18) is in its 5th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids' books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.
MCBD 2018 is honored to have some amazing Sponsors on board. View our 2018 MCBD Medallion Sponsors here: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
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January 30, 2017Swift Walker is about a boy who walks so fast that when he tries to slow down he can't and walks to Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, South America, and North America. Then he wakes up in his bed. His adventurous walk was just a dream. Swift then realized that his dream made him recognized he did go through life too fast and that he would slow down and enjoy the sights around him.
I really enjoyed this book and the use of color through out the whole page of all the pages. I didn't see the dream part coming, but it was neat how they did that. The story was really cute and the way the facts were included about the places he traveled were really interesting. It did not even feel like you were learning new fun facts.
I would read this book out loud and maybe have the students pick where they would want to go and a fun fact they enjoyed about the place. After doing so create a poster board and present their project to the class. It could tie into a geography lesson with all the different places.
I really enjoyed this book and the use of color through out the whole page of all the pages. I didn't see the dream part coming, but it was neat how they did that. The story was really cute and the way the facts were included about the places he traveled were really interesting. It did not even feel like you were learning new fun facts.
I would read this book out loud and maybe have the students pick where they would want to go and a fun fact they enjoyed about the place. After doing so create a poster board and present their project to the class. It could tie into a geography lesson with all the different places.
January 22, 2018
Verlyn Tarlton has created a wonderful little character, Swift Walker, who takes adventures throughout the world and into the solar system as well. In his Continental Journey, he discovers the Sahara Desert, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti and the Nile River. His response is "Amazing, huh?" and I agree because Ms. Tarlton has included information about these places about the terrain, locations of interest, and the plant and animal life that dwells within each continent as well. At the end of Swift Walker A Continental Journey, she takes the time to give us additional information on each of the seven continents.
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May 8, 2016An amazing adventure full of information, learning and fun. Start on a journey with Swift and find yourself transported to every continent, finding amazing things to see in each. Each page is filled with great illustrations and a little info on each thing you see. At the end you are treated to more fun facts. Kids should enjoy the way this is written with them in mind and things they can learn just by reading and enjoying the pictures. Great fun.
May 4, 2016
This book teaches geography and cultural diversity to children.
It follows Swift as he walks around the world, discovering its treasures.
The illustrations are bright and colorful.
Perfect length for a bedtime story.
It follows Swift as he walks around the world, discovering its treasures.
The illustrations are bright and colorful.
Perfect length for a bedtime story.
June 6, 2017
My LO and not so LO enjoyed this book. This is our first introduction to the series and we can't wait to read the others!
We used Google for some pronunciations. This is a great book for young learners wanting to grasp geography.
We used Google for some pronunciations. This is a great book for young learners wanting to grasp geography.
June 17, 2016
THIS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK FOR CHILDREN THAT TEACHES THEM ABOUT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
June 25, 2016
This is a very informative book! The pictures are also very vibrant. I know my nephew is going to both enjoy and learn a lot from it. I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
February 5, 2017
This was an amazing book. Cute, short and yet highly informational. The perfect amount of information for a young reader.
July 29, 2019
I skimmed this. A sneaky way to teach non-fiction info!
February 17, 2021
Excellent adventure story for young readers.
March 30, 2021
A beautiful and instructional walk around the continents. Beautifully illustrated with easy to understand information.
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