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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.
Missee Lee
The Picts and the Martyrs
Coot Club
Swallows And Amazons
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
Peter Duck
Secret Water
Great Northern?
Swallowdale
Winter Holiday
Pigeon Post
The Big Six
Find out about Polar Bears as well as other Arctic creatures in Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome. Published by Red Fox and perfect for #InternationalPolarBearDay.
20 days ago
Find out about Polar Bears as well as other Arctic creatures in Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK and perfect for #InternationalPolarBearDay.
Coot Club by Arthur Ransome from Red Fox is the perfect friendship story.
1 month ago
Coot Club by Arthur Ransome from Penguin Random House Children's UK is the perfect friendship story.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Secret Water published by Red Fox.
2 months ago
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Winter Holiday published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Peter Duck published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Swallowdale published by Red Fox.
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