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To the Pole, Me Hearties! But We Gotta Be Back Before the End of Winter Break

Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome

February 1, 2026 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

So what’s in order is another feel-good installment in this series in which parents leave their adolescent offspring more or less unattended for a period of time allowing them to spend their school holidays faffing around on boats.  But, plot twist, this time it is winter!  The original six, the Swallows and Amazons, are once again joined by the D and D from the previous volume (alas, they do not have a team name yet, since they do not have a boat). So all the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: 1930s British Childhood, arthur ransome, British Childrens Lit, Frozen Lakes, Not a Parent in Sight, Oh oh Mumps!, Sledding and Skating, Winter Activities

elderberrywine's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: 1930s British Childhood, arthur ransome, British Childrens Lit, Frozen Lakes, Not a Parent in Sight, Oh oh Mumps!, Sledding and Skating, Winter Activities ·
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