Higher and higher
Sometimes I read a book and it just makes me smile. Touch the Sky by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic is one of those books!
Vern loves the swings at the playground, he sits on the swing, lies stomach first on the swing, and spins and spins and spins, but he does not soar on a swing. Why not? Because he can't pump. The other kids tease him, but he just can't get his legs to do it. One day Gretchen comes by. She asks Vern if he wants to learn.
Vern doesn't actually know Gretchen. He says he only knows her because of her mom.