I have heard this book, the first of a series, referred to in discussions of classical British children’s lit for years, but had never read it. I assumed it would be something along the lines of Enid Blyton’s Five series, which I adored as a child, but was surprised to find it predates that by a good fifteen years, written in 1930. Well, I may be a little late to the party, but I am absolutely ready to dive in. The protagonists are four siblings, […]
The Childhood We All Wish We Had
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome