Annie Learns to Swim (Afrikaans edition) Annie Leer Swem

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Annie Leer Swem.

Annie’s mum wants her to learn how to swim; she buys her a new swimming costume. But Annie doesn’t like water – it’s wet and splashy and deep …

Until Miss Klara, the swimming teacher, pairs Annie with Lisa, who swims just like a sea otter!

From a review by Jay Heale “… though just as frightening for some children, is water. Deep water. No problem if you have a copy of Annie Learns to Swim written & illustrated by Katrin Coetzer. What a sensible publication! A simple, engaging story incorporating a child’s nervousness at swimming and showing basic instruction in action. But this isn’t a “teach yourself” book – it’s a story about Annie and her doubts and fears, and her growing friendship with Lisa, a better swimmer. The author’s pictures are uncomplicated, set out with plenty of space, and generally cheersome.

KATRIN COETZER is an illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa. She works editorially for various international publications and has extended her visual art practice to include four exhibitions of her paintings and drawings in Europe last year. Her work has been selected for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition on two occasions and she has illustrated two picture books for children in South Africa.