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Coot Club (#5 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$26.99 (37% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward. Tom accepts an invitation for a week's cruise to teach his new friends, Dick and Dorothea how to sail. You couldn't get a better sailor tha ...Show more
Coot Club (Swallows and Amazons #5) by Arthur Ransome
$23.00 NZD
Category: Classics - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons | Reading Level: very good
'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 & Amazons #12) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$29.99 (43% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Dick's birdwatching discovery turns the cruise of the Sea Bear into a desperate chase. The Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts of the case, and evade the natives and an egg-collector, determined to kill a pair of rare birds and steal the credit.
Missee Lee (#10) by Arthur Ransome
$23.00 NZD
Category: Classics - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!' The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed to the harbourmaster's friendly warning as they set off for China. They are on a round-the-world voyage aboard the Wild Cat and it's been plain sailing for a hundred ports. But w ...Show more
Missee Lee (Swallows & Amazons #10) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$26.99 (37% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them - forever.
Peter Duck (#3 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$28.99 (41% off)
Category: Series - children
The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high. Soon their boat is on its way to a Caribbean treasure hunt and they find themse ...Show more
Picts and the Martyrs (Swallows & Amazons #11) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$26.99 (37% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
The dreaded Great Aunt invites herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends arrive for the Summer. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry, while friends Dick and Dorothea become Picts, secret inhabitants of the country who must never be seen.
Pigeon Post (Swallows & Amazons #6) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$26.99 (37% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounter ...Show more
Secret Water (Swallows & Amazons #8) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$28.99 (41% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
The crew of the Swallow take on the task of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are they mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack?
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
$25.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior
John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alli ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons (#1 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
$19.95 NZD
$24.99 (20% off)
Category: Series - children
To John, Susan, Titty and Roger, simply being allowed to use the boat Swallow, to go camping on the island is adventure enough. But they soon find themselves under attack from the Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy. Thus begins a summer of battles, alliances, exploration and discovery. Ages 9 and over.
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Swallows & Amazons #7) by Arthur Ransome
$16.95 NZD
$24.99 (32% off)
Category: Series - children | 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