books by Arthur Ransome     books:       Favorite Russian Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)2 reviews Arthur Ransome Topeka Bindery, 1995 A lot of "read" for the penny! This is a fine introduction to popular Russian fairy tales, including the story of the little snow girl (a childless couple builds a daughter out of snow) and "Frost" (cruel stepmother sends girl out to freeze in the snow, but Frost sees her kindness and spares her-- the nasty stepsisters are not so lucky). The similarity between some of the Russian tales and our own English fairy tales is ...             Missee Lee: The Swallows and Amazons in the China Seas (Godine Storyteller)4 reviews Arthur Ransome David R Godine, 2001 Twenty-two gong tale belong velly well all ages bimeby Subtitled "Swallows and Amazons in the South China Seas", this tenth volume in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series is actually a sequel to the second, "Peter Duck". Those readers familiar with the background to the earlier volume will not be surprised to learn that the emphasis within this book is on rather wild and exotic high-seas adventuring for a group of six English school children, ...             Big Six8 reviews Arthur Ransome RED FOX BOOKS (RAND), 2001 A cracking detective yarn for kids everywhere "Big Six" is Arthur Ransome's ninth book in the Swallows and Amazons series. It features neither Swallows nor Amazons but rather follows once more the adventures of the two D's and their friends of the Coot Club on the Norfolk Broads. In this story, some members of the Coot Club happen to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time and suddenly find themselves accused of certain misdeeds. ...             Winter Holiday9 reviews Arthur Ransome Arrow Books Ltd, 1993 Proving that fun isn't limited to summer It's been a year and a half since the Walkers (the Swallows) first met the Blackett sisters (the Amazons) and were plunged into Captain Nancy's adventurous worldview (not that they didn't have one of their own already). Now, for the first time, we see the six from an outside view--though still that of young people: Dick Callum, astronomy buff, and his sister Dorothea ("Dot"), aspiring novelist, ...             Missee Lee4 reviews Arthur Ransome RED FOX BOOKS (RAND), 2001 Swallows and Amazons in China Once again Arthur Ransome comes up with a grand adventure for the children he introduced in his earlier books. This time they are sailing a small schooner through little-charted waters in the China Sea. After a disastrous fire on board, they are washed ashore, along with Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim if you are not familiar with these books) on a small chain of islands and captured ...             Picts and the Martyrs4 reviews Arthur Ransome RED FOX BOOKS (RAND), 2001 NOT FOR BABIES AND/OR TODDLERS This is a typically terrific Arthur Ransome book. Who on earth listed it for babies and toddlers hasn't read any of Arthur Ransome's works let alone this one. This whole series is great for reading aloud to children 7 or 8 and up.             Coot club7 reviews Arthur Ransome J.B. Lippincott Co, 1935 An exciting children's boating adventure This is the fifth of Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" tales, although, in fact, it features not a single member of either the Swallows or the Amazons. Nor, indeed, is it set anywhere near the English Lake District. Instead, it describes the Norfolk Broads boating adventures of the two D's (first introduced to the reader in the previous book, "Winter Holiday"). The tale is set in the ...             Swallows & Amazons54 reviews Arthur Ransome Buccaneer Books, 1985 Enchanting and Realistic Enchanting It's hard to explain what makes this book so charming: The writing, the way the children and their relationships with each other are shown so clearly and believably, the very real adventures they have, the sense of place....but listing those traits doesn't do the book justice. It's also really funny in places! Ransome creates a world that is clearer and lighter and more enchanting ...             Pigeon Post8 reviews Arthur Ransome Jonathan Cape, 1936 A book to fire the imagination of children of all ages In this sixth `S & A' adventure, summer has come once more, and the Swallows are back in the Lake District, together with the two D's, on another holiday with their boating friends, the Amazon pirates. This time, the children desert the lake and take instead to the High Topps, prospecting for gold. While adult readers will be unable to do other than admire the children's enthusiasm (sufficiently ...             Swallowdale8 reviews Arthur Ransome RED FOX BOOKS (RAND), 2001 More an equal than a sequel! "Swallowdale" continues very much where its predecessor, "Swallows and Amazons", leaves off, with the Walker children returning to "that remote lake in the north of England" one year after the events of the first book and looking forward to another couple of weeks of fun, sailing with their friends, the Amazon pirates. Plans quickly begin to go awry, however, and Ransome turns events away from ...             Great Northern5 reviews Arthur Ransome Unknown, 2001 This book is fabulous!! You MUST have it!! I am an eleven-year-old girl and I love all of the books in this series. The series starts with Swallows and Amazons, which is one of the best. All of them are about 4 siblings (the Swallows) and their friends (the Amazons). Also introduced in another book are their cousins, Dorthea and Dick. In Great Northern, Dick finds a rare bird's nest. He and his friends watch the birds and study ...             Picts & the Martyrs or Not Welcome at All (Swallows and Amazons)3 reviews Arthur Ransome Topeka Bindery, 2002 Perhaps my favorite in the series It's hard to pick a favorite -- all the Swallows and Amazon books are good, and I'm sure everybody has their own favorite -- but I particularly like the character of the Great Aunt in this book. She is so...PROPER and so...INTIMIDATING, and the interactions the other characters have with her make for a good story. There is plenty of intrigue, plenty of almost-crisis, plenty of devious scheming by ...             The War of the Birds and the Beasts and Other Russian Tales1 review Arthur Ransome J. Cape, 1984 Russian Folk Tales Rock. Russian folk tales are great stories. Unlike the Disneyized version of folk and fairy tales we have today, Russian tales are comic, but do not always end happily (Jim Henson was better than Walt Disney at telling a fairy tale). Anyway, some of Arthur Ransome's last collected works are in this collection. Some of my favorites in the book are: "The Costly Ring" "The Little Cattle" "The Gypsy and ...             All the Lights in the Night3 reviews Arthur A. Levine Tambourine, 1991 Get this book I have to give this book a good review -- it's an excellent Hanukkah story for children of any age. But I also have to admit I'm a bit biased -- my brother and I were the "models" for this book. I'm the older brother in the story, and my brother was the younger one. My mom and dad make cameo appearances on the train at the end. Anyway, if you're looking for a good Hanukkah gift, I bet you'll ...             Great Northern?: A Scottish Adventure of Swallows & Amazons2 reviews Arthur Ransome David R Godine, 2003 Superb This book from the 1930s or 40s starts with a group of kids sailing in the Hebrides with Uncle Jim -- the uncle of two of them -- at the end of their cruise. They stop to spend a day taking care of the borrowed boat -- cleaning the bottom and putting on a new coat of bottom paint -- and while the older ones are doing this, the younger ones explore. One of them goes birdwatching, and sees ...             Racundra's first cruise (Mariners library)3 reviews Arthur Ransome Hart-Davis, 1928 A book that has all the ingredients for a marvellous movie I wonder why Hollywood has not yet discovered this book: it has all the ingredients for a box-office hit - sailing in the Baltics, scenic sea- and landscapes, a romantic love affair of a British writer and the private secretary of Leon Trotsky. And the background - the Russian revolution, Estonia's struggle for independence. Rare photos illustrate the book. A must for the romantic sailor!             Fool of the World and the Flying Ship8 reviews Arthur Ransome H Hamilton, 1970 My Favorite Picture Book The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome with illustrations by Uri Shulevitz is easily my favorite picture book. Everything is perfect about the book. First of all the pictures are marvelous. All of Shulevitz's books have good pictures, but this might be his best. The pictures jump off the page with their color and with the humor portrayed in them. The story is, of course, the ...             Peter Duck12 reviews Arthur Ransome Jonathan Cape, 1975 One of the best stories in the series I remember reading Peter Duck as a child and being a little disappointed. As a child the adventures of the Swallows & Amazons was best when they were as far away from adults as possible. Battling Uncle Jim / Captain Flint for his houseboat was one thing - going on a sea voyage with him in charge was quite another. Re-reading the series as an adult, however, I see this in a whole new perspective. ...             WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA11 reviews Arthur Ransome Jonathon Cape, 1937 No plain sailing but a great read nevertheless! Arthur Ransome's seventh "Swallows and Amazons" adventure is set not long after the action of "Pigeon Post". The action occurs, this time, in the south of England, rather than in the Lake District, and with just the Swallows alone. They are passing the time on the Rivers Orwell and Stour, while waiting to meet up with their father - due, at any time, on leave from his overseas posting with the ...             Old Peter's Russian Tales1 review Arthur Ransome BiblioBazaar, 2007 Imaginative Tales for Kids This was the first storybook that was ever read to me. The Book tells the story of an uncle that lives in the chill of Russia during the winter with his nephews. As days go by, he starts telling stories to them ... These stories, are perfect for children ages 10 and up. They are written pretty much as fables, all of them having some kind of insight as to how people are. No violence is ...              search for books adventure, amazons, beasts, birds, children, classics, cruise, favorite, first, flying, godine, holiday, library, lights, mariners, martyrs, missee, northern, other, pigeon, racundra, russian, scottish, storyteller, swallowdale, swallows, thrift, welcome, winter, world books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes leave a comment home  impressum - about us