Swallows

As a kid, I loved the books by British writer Arthur Ransome, collectively called the Swallows and Amazons series, about children who love sailing.

My speech to the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association AGM ewillett 2010

As a kid, I loved the books by British writer Arthur Ransome, collectively called the Swallows and Amazons series, about children who love sailing.

My speech to the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association AGM ewillett 2010

The squads have names likes ARV Swallows, which is a pun on antiretrovirals, and Virus

Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

That model has proved its value in non-fantasy series as well, such as Swallows and Amazons and its successors by Arthur Ransome; The Famous Five and its many, many clones by Enid Blyton; and Mystery Manor, by Mary Evelyn Atkinson, which I've never read, but which had such intriguing endpapers.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008

Don't miss out on the fun of age appropriate classics such as Swallows and Amazons.

Reading Classics Round-Up 2006

Don't miss out on the fun of age appropriate classics such as Swallows and Amazons.

Archive 2006-08-01 2006

But if you ask at Mickleham to be directed to the "Swallows," the chances are that you will have to explain that you do not mean birds.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Swallows had nested on the rafters, and the stuccoed walls were covered with graffiti — Venceremos!

Alba 2009

Swallows were skimming up overhead from the placid surface of the Yukon, and robins were singing.

The Wit of Porportuk 2010

Discovered after childhood, but still beloved, Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books.

MIND MELD: Members of Book View Cafe Reveal Their Favorite Books 2009