Coot Club

Informationen zum Autor 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. Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake District. Klappentext A }Vintage Classics{ edition of this classic tale, featuring the original b/w illustrations and maps by Arthur Ransome and now with extra material. Ages: 9 Zusammenfassung Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Ransome, Ransome Arthur
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.03.2013
• EAN: 9780099582533
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958253-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 188 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Narrative literature; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, English, Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction