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Swallows and Amazons Series
Set on the English Lakes, rivers and estuaries, with occasional trips abroad, this series by Arthur Ransome follows the adventures of a set of English children messing about in boats:
- Swallows and Amazons (1930)
- Swallowdale (1932)
- Peter Duck (1933)
- Winter Holiday (1934)
- Coot Club (1935)
- Pigeon Post (1937)
- We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (1938)
- Secret Water (1940)
- The Big Six (1940)
- Missee Lee (1942)
- The Picts and the Martyrs (1943)
- Great Northern? (1948)
- Coots in the North and Other Stories (a fragment) (1988)
Books in the Swallows and Amazons series:
Swallows and Amazons (1930)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Steven Spurrier
Swallowdale (1931)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
Peter Duck (1932)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Swallowdale (1932)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Swallowdale (1932)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Peter Duck (1933)
The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome
Winter Holiday (1933)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Coot Club (1934)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Winter Holiday (1934)
Dick and Dorothea are spending the winter holidays by the lake where they meet the Swallows and Amazons. Thanks to Nancy’s mumps their vacation is extended as the lake freezes over.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome
Coot Club (1935)
When the Hullabaloos moor right on top of the coots’ nest, what choice does Tom Dudgeon of the Bird Protection Society have but to set their motorboat adrift? Dot and Dick help the outlaw elude his pursuers.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome
Pigeon Post (1936)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Pigeon Post (1937)
The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Mary Shepard
We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (1937)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Swallowdale (1938)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons (1938)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Clifford Webb
We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (1938)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Unknown
Secret Water (1939)
The Swallows are set down on an island in a tidal estuary to explore and map it.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
The Big Six (1940)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome