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Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics
John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alli ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
20.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons | Reading Level: very good
Swallows and Amazons for ever! The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island. There they camp under open skies, swim in clear water and go fishing for their dinner. But their days are disturbe ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons (#1 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
24.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics
To John, Susan, Titty and Roger, simply being allowed to use the boat Swallow, to go camping on the island is adventure enough. But they soon find themselves under attack from the Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy. Thus begins a summer of battles, alliances, exploration and discovery. Ages 9 and over.
The Picts and the Martyrs, Or, Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome
59.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons | Reading Level: 2-12
"He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure." -"Observer" "There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating." -"TLS" "From the Trade Paperback edition."
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome
59.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons | Reading Level: 2-12
The four Walker children are dismayed when they discover that the friend's ya they have been staying on is drifting out to sea in a thick fog, and their friend is still on shore.
Winter Holiday (#4 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
16.95 NZD
24.99 (32% off)
Category: Fiction | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Well,' said Nancy, 'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Nothing - except a polar expedition, full of mountain rescues, blizzards, igloos, ice sailing and heroic work amidst the frozen wastes. For Dick and Dorothea, newcomers to th ...Show more
Winter Holiday (#4 Swallows and Amazons: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
14.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Swallows and Amazons
You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' - plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they ...Show more