TY - BOOK AU - Cornwall,Gaia TI - Jabari jumps SN - 0763678384 AV - PZ7.1.C67285 Jab 2017 U1 - [E] 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Somerville, Massachusetts PB - Candlewick Press KW - Courage KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Swimming KW - Diving KW - Fiction KW - African Americans KW - Swimming pools KW - JUVENILE FICTION KW - People & Places KW - United States KW - African American KW - bisacsh KW - Social Themes KW - New Experience KW - Sports & Recreation KW - Water Sports KW - fast KW - Boys KW - sears KW - Juvenile works KW - Picture books KW - lcgft KW - Sports stories KW - lgcft N1 - Preschool; AD490L; Lexile; Structure indicator: 80 (high); Syntactic indicator: 70 (high); Semantic indicator: 70 (high); Decoding indicator: 70 (high); Lexile; Accelerated Reader; LG; 2.3; 0.5 N2 - "Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly appealing tale of overcoming your fears, newcomer Gaia Cornwall captures a moment between a patient and encouraging father and a determined little boy you can't help but root for"-- ER -