Author: Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome's famous and much-loved children's classic is brought thrillingly to life in Helen Edmundson's wonderfully theatrical adaptation, wi...

'Youll start with a blank map, that doesnt do more than show roughly whats water and what isntWhen the Walker familys holiday plans are ruined by D...

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 c...

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 inv...

For the Walker children, sailing the boat Swallow to an island for a camping trip is a fantastic adventure. But soon they find themselves under at...

Barbecued billygoats!Can you imagine finding gold? Thats just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills h...

Why shouldnt we be detectives too?When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their f...

'Like to spend a night in the Goblin?The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast while they wait for their father to return home from China. But ...

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...

So long, called the harbourmaster. Dont run into Missee Lee!The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint dont pay much heed to the harbourmasters friend...

Most people know of Arthur Ransome, the author of the classic childrens sailing tale, Swallows & Amazons, and many other books in the same seri...

'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...

'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,...