Can Starfish Make A Wish? Water Safety Rhymes Book

BOOK

If you want to make a big impact in promoting water safety concepts, then you need Can Starfish Make a Wish?. Written by water safety experts, this book delivers a novel way to impact both children and adults with the importance of safer behaviors while in, on, or near the water. 

Whether you provide this book to your swim instructors to use in your lesson program, offer it to parents as a gift or purchase item, or distribute it widely within your community, Can Starfish Make a Wish? can help you spread the water safety and drowning prevention message:

• 16 water safety rhymes plus a water safety page for parents and caregivers.
• 25 full-color vinyl stickers or temporary tattoos featuring the rhyme characters keep kids engaged and coming back to the book.
• An ideal bedtime read. 
• Makes an excellent gift for birthdays and new babies!
• Establish your facility’s image in the community for water safety education.
• Reinforce the value of aquatics as an enjoyable lifelong activity.

You’ll find colorful illustrations for each rhyme on topics such as asking permission before getting in the water, the importance of constant adult supervision, using a lifejacket, Recreational Water Illness (RWI) prevention, sun protection, feet-first entry into shallow water, and building an interest in and love for all aquatic activities. 

The rhymes reinforce water safety concepts that are important for everyone and also support the safety benchmarks that are part of the Starfish Swimming and PADI Swim School curriculum. 

Deliver a memorable and potentially life-saving give-away for participants in your swim lesson program or at water safety events. Ideal for co-branding with community sponsors such as a hospital or local business! Bulk purchase price for 500+ copies is available upon request.

AUDIENCE

Children ages 3-8.

CONTENTS

• "May I?"
• "Eyes on Me"
• "Can Starfish Make a Wish?"
• "Splish, Splash, Zoom"
• "Brittany Has a Lifejacket"
• "Water Wonders"
• "Dive"
• "Jump"
• "Splish, Splash, Zoom, Zoom"
• "Bubble, Bubble, Breathe"
• "Slip, Slop, Slap"
• "Starfish, Starfish"
• "Reach or Throw"
• "Much to Do"
• "Don't Drink the Water"
• "Can Starfish Make a Wish?"

ABOUT THE AUTHOR