Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

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Jonathan Cape Ltd
01 July 1992

Classic fiction (Children's&YA); Adventure stories (Children's&YA)

A master storyteller, sympathetically in touch with real children and their interests, has created characters who are accepted as friends by children everywhere, not to mention plots which are eminently plausible and unexpected.' SUNDAY TIMES, in an article listing Swallows and Amazons among '99 Best Books for Children.

By: Arthur Ransome
Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 439g
ISBN: 9780224606318
ISBN 10: 022460631X
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 July 1992
Recommended Age: From 2 to 12
Audience: Children/juvenile , 9-11 years , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post.

Reviews for Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons was the first in the adventures of Roger, John, Titty and Susan as they sailed their little boat in the Lake District and camped on Wildcat Island. In 1936, with the second title, Pigeon Post, Arthur Ransome became the first recipient of the Carnegie Medal. Even today the Swallows and Amazons series continues to be enjoyed by children for the whole series of Ransome's books are pure fun, innocence, adventure, excitement and fantasy. But it was his unerring gift for telling a good story, peopled with strong and credible characters, that has been the key to the books' continued success. (10 yrs +) (Kirkus UK)