Coot Club

Arthur Ransome

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English

Jonathan Cape Ltd
01 October 1989

Classic fiction (Children's&YA); Educational: English literature

'Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!'

Dick and Dorothea - also known as The Ds - arrive in Norfolk all ready to learn how to sail. They couldn't hope for a better teacher than Tom Dudgeon. But Tom is in a spot of trouble. After seeing the beastly Margoletta moored clean across the nests of his beloved coots, Tom set the motorcruiser adrift. Now the enemy have offered a bounty on his head. Can they save the birds' nest from almost certain destruction? Will they avoid being caught by the awful Hullabaloos? Only some brave friends and quick thinking stands between them and disaster...

By: Arthur Ransome
Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9780224606356
ISBN 10: 0224606352
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 October 1989
Recommended Age: 2-12
Audience: Children/juvenile , 7-9 years , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Coot Club

Another delightful Ransome book, this time carrying on the adventures of Dick and Dorothea, who have their longed-for chance to learn to sail. They make an adventurous trip through rivers and waterways of England. (Kirkus Reviews)