The Big Six (Swallows and Amazons, #9)
by Arthur Ransome
5 out of 5 stars
Joe, Bill, and Pete are fixing up their boat, the Death and Glory, with bunks, cupboards, and a little stove, so that they can camp out on the river all winter long. 220 more words
As a kid, I was engrossed by Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series of books, and must admit to having re-read them as an adult too. 910 more words
Pirates, shipwrecks, voyages into the unknown, floods and mysterious strangers. Boats provide a useful function in children’s books. Over the next few months I’ll be writing about my fifty favourite adventures about boats. 442 more words
Coot Club is the fifth novel in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. There are 12 books in the series in total.
The book is about Dick and Dorothea, who visit the Norfolk Broads during the Easter holidays, keen to learn how to sail. 308 more words
The Walker four and the Blackett pair are most definitely British kids floating around in their boats on the lake they reluctantly share in Swallows and Amazons… 289 more words
“Your child is now half of their way through their reception year”
What?
It’s the beginning of our first half term holiday without the husbandface in his sprint collapse rhythm. 950 more words
Winter Holiday is the fourth novel in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome*.
*The third book, Peter Duck, is one of the metafictional books of the series because it is a story created by the children and narrated from their perspective. 466 more words
