Winter Holiday Review
Jan. 3rd, 2016 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegargantuaHey,
So...I've been listening to the Swallows and Amazon's series of books by Arthur Ransome. They are utterly delightful. Recently, I finished listening to Winter Holiday.
In this particular book, we're introduced to Dorothea and Dick Callum, children from town spending their winter holiday out in the lakes district. On a cold, wintry morning, they see a group of children sailing out to an island in the lake. It is, of course, the Swallows and Amazons, and soon the D's (as they are called) meet up with the Swallows and Amazons and together they plan an expedition to the North Pole.
Then Nancy Blackett comes down with the mumps. This puts all the other children under quarantine so they are forced to stay at their winter holiday lodgings until all danger of infection is passed. Not only does that mean more time to fool around in the snow, but the lake itself is freezing over which means ice boats and sled dogs and all kinds of fun.
This is the first S&A book I've not read but only heard the audiobook for. I don't know what it is about these book about plucky British children and their little adventures, but I'm always utterly charmed. In this particular case, it's nice to see a couple of outsiders. There's a lot of "will these cool kids like me?" that's handled really well and Dick is a classic introverted geek from the 30's.
I heartily recommend this series in both print and audio format.
later
Tom
So...I've been listening to the Swallows and Amazon's series of books by Arthur Ransome. They are utterly delightful. Recently, I finished listening to Winter Holiday.
In this particular book, we're introduced to Dorothea and Dick Callum, children from town spending their winter holiday out in the lakes district. On a cold, wintry morning, they see a group of children sailing out to an island in the lake. It is, of course, the Swallows and Amazons, and soon the D's (as they are called) meet up with the Swallows and Amazons and together they plan an expedition to the North Pole.
Then Nancy Blackett comes down with the mumps. This puts all the other children under quarantine so they are forced to stay at their winter holiday lodgings until all danger of infection is passed. Not only does that mean more time to fool around in the snow, but the lake itself is freezing over which means ice boats and sled dogs and all kinds of fun.
This is the first S&A book I've not read but only heard the audiobook for. I don't know what it is about these book about plucky British children and their little adventures, but I'm always utterly charmed. In this particular case, it's nice to see a couple of outsiders. There's a lot of "will these cool kids like me?" that's handled really well and Dick is a classic introverted geek from the 30's.
I heartily recommend this series in both print and audio format.
later
Tom
