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Coot Club (Swallows and Amazons #5) by Arthur Ransome
23.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!' Dick and Dorothea - also known as The Ds - arrive in Norfolk all ready to learn how to sail. They couldn't hope for a better teacher than Tom Dudgeon. But Tom is in a spot of trouble. After seeing the beastly Margoletta moored clean across the nests of ...Show more
Great Northern? (Swallows and Amazons #12) by Arthur Ransome
23.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector's eye on the bir ...Show more
Peter Duck (#3 Swallows and Amazons: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?' Titty asked. 'Because of his heart' said Peter Duck. The Swallows and Amazons, as well as Captain Flint and the ancient able seaman Peter Duck, set sail on the Wild Cat bound for the Channel. But they are shadowed by the Viper, manned by none ...Show more
Pigeon Post (#6 Swallows and Amazons: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Barbecued billygoats!' Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. But it's a hot and dry summer and water is in scarce supply. Worse still for the troubled campers, they have competition: Squashy Hat ...Show more
Secret Water (Swallows and Amazons #8: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
23.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn't.' When the Walker family's holiday plans are ruined by Daddy having to work, the whole summer seems lost at sea. But a dull holiday for the children is too miserable to bear so their parents hatch a plan. ...Show more
Swallowdale (#2 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
23.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is sh ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
21.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
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
The Picts and the Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All (#11) by Arthur Ransome
26.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
The Ds can't wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holidays. But when the Amazons' dreadful Great Aunt invites herself to stay too, the summer is threatened with dullness. Staying indoors and reading poetry is not what the Amazons had in mind. To save the Ds fro ...Show more
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (#7 Swallows and Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
23.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Like to spend a night in the Goblin?' The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast whilst they wait for their father to return home from China. But although the harbour is bursting with bobbing yachts, barges and steamers, this year there's no chance of any sailing for the landlocked Swallows. That is ...Show more
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Swallows & Amazons #7) by Arthur Ransome
25.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing. No going outside the harbour. And back the day after tomorrow. Promise.' But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North S ...Show more
Winter Holiday (#4 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
25.00 NZD
Category: Classics | 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
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics | 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
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