Swallowdale
10 best books like Swallowdale (Arthur Ransome): The River at Green Knowe, The Four-Story Mistake, Carbonel: The King of the Cats, New Treasure Seekers, Doctor Dolittle in the Moon, The Magic Summer, Six Cousins Again, The Princess of the Chalet School, Our Island Story, Tajemství Velkého Vonta
L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. Now the children of Green Knowe--both alive and ghostly--are back in appealing new editions.
The spooky original...
| Author | Elizabeth Enright |
| ISBN | 0805070613 |
Following on from the first book, the Melendy family move from the city to the countryside to live in a house called The Four-Story Mistake. Some of the family were sad to leave New York but soon they all discover the space and the freedom and a whole new load of adventures.
We loved following the...
| Author | Barbara Sleigh |
| ISBN | 1590171268 |
Back in print in the U.S. for the first time in over 30 years.
Rosemary's plan to clean houses during her summer break and surprise her mother with the money hits a snag when an old lady at the market talks her into buying a second-rate broom and a cat she can't even afford to keep. But appearances...
| Author | E. Nesbit |
| ISBN | 0140367667 |
The well-meaning but accident-prone Bastable siblings are given another outing by Edith Nesbit, following on from the success of
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
(1899) and
The Wouldbegoods
(1900). We reacquaint ourselves with the 'anonymous' author Oswald, with all his familiar malapropisms...
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon
| Author | Hugh Lofting |
| ISBN | 0224604449 |
In Doctor Dolittle in the Moon Doctor Dolittle has landed on the Moon. He meets Otho Bludge the Moon Man, a Stone Age artist who was the only human on the Moon when it broke away from the Earth. The animals of the Moon flock to Doctor Dolittle, and he discovers how to communicate with the intelligent plants...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0394816315 |
Four children are sent from London to live for the summer with an eccentric poetry quoting Aunt in a rural part of Ireland. They are left to fend for themselves and in the process find friendship and enjoyment in day to day tasks. The children find that there are things to gain from their self sufficient...
Joint review of Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm and this book.
There are two brothers, David and Peter. Peter's the farmer, David's the townie. David's house burns down and he sends his children to Peter's house while he goes and tries to find work. He ultimately returns and buys a farm next to Mistletoe...
| Author | Elinor M. Brent-Dyer |
School story meets Ruritanian fantasy in this third entry in Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's popular Chalet School series, which (originally) ran to fifty-eight titles, and which chronicles the many adventures of the girls who attended the international girls' school founded by Madge Bettany in the Austrian...
| Author | H.E. Marshall |
| ISBN | 1599150093 |
A child's history of England from earliest legendary times delightfully retold. Beginning with the stories of Albion and Brutus, it relates all the interesting legends and hero tales in which the history of England abounds through the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. Suitable for children ages...
| Author | Jaroslav Foglar |
| ISBN | 8070331615 |
Třetí díl volné trilogie (1. Záhada hlavolamu, 2. Stínadla se bouří) o Rychlých šípech. Mirek Dušín, Jarka Metelka, Jindra Hojer, Červenáček a Rychlonožka se vydávají do starých temných uliček Stínadel, aby pomohli Velkému Vontovi Vláďovi Dratušovi, o němž se...
I absolutely LOVED this book! I was a bit unsure when I first picked it up, because I didn’t like the idea of ‘animal collectors’, I thought they might be poachers or hunters. But I was pleasantly surprised.
Hal and Roger are the nicest boys. They both really love animals, and don’t believe...
