Boken 'Indie Swims'

The way the story tackles Indie's fear of putting his head underwater is spot-on — my daughter kept pointing at the pages and saying "that's me." It's a short, sweet read that actually opens up a conversation about trying scary new things, so we've read it three nights in a row already.

My son starts swim lessons next week and this book honestly calmed him down about the whole head-underwater thing. The way Indie and Maya talk through the fear felt so real, and the page where Indie finally dunks his face got him giggling instead of nervous.

We read this the night before my daughter’s first lesson and it changed everything—by the time Indie finally dunked his head, she was giggling instead of gripping my arm. The illustrations do a great job showing the fear on his face, so it felt real to her. She asked to read it again at bedtime, whi