Swallows and Amazons series Books in Order

by Arthur Michell Ransome #272 most popular 17 books · 1930–1991

series children's books by Arthur Ransome

Publication order

In the order the books were originally released.

Companion & related books

Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.

Winter Holiday

1933 · Arthur Michell Ransome

Winter Holiday is the fourth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, published in 1933. It introduces the third major group of…
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Coot Club

1934 · Arthur Michell Ransome

Coot Club is the fifth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, published in 1934. The story follows Dick and Dorothea Callum as they…
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The Big Six

1940 · Arthur Michell Ransome

The Big Six is the ninth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, published in 1940. It follows Dick and Dorothea Callum, known as the…
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The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not welcome at all

1943 · Arthur Michell Ransome

The penultimate book in the Swallows and Amazons series. Dick and Dorothea join the Amazons for part of summer vacation, but a visit from Great Aunt…
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The printers

1965 · Leonard Everett Fisher

This work surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of early printers, the development of the free press, and the…
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Ellen's lion

1984 · Crockett Johnson
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Tales at the mouse hole

1991 · Mary Stolz

This volume combines three previously published books by Stolz, following the adventures of Bob and Ozzie, two amiable and adventure-prone mice,…
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Coots in the North and other stories

1988 · Arthur Michell Ransome

Coots in the North is an incomplete novel by Arthur Ransome, identified and named by his biographer, Hugh Brogan. It was published in 1988 as a…
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Picts & the Martyrs or Not Welcome at All (Swallows and Amazons)

1943 · Arthur Michell Ransome

The Picts and the Martyrs is the eleventh book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, published in 1943. It is the last completed book set…
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Missee Lee

1941 · Arthur Michell Ransome

When their boat is burned and they are cast adrift in the South China Sea, Titty, Roger, Peggy, John, Nancy, Susan, and Captain Flint make their way…
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Secret water

1939 · Arthur Michell Ransome

The Swallows are abandoned in one of the most interesting parts of England, the east coast north of the mouth of the Thames and south of the Norfolk…
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Great Northern?

1947 · Arthur Michell Ransome

This 1947 novel is the last book in the Swallows and Amazons series, set on the west coast of Scotland, featuring extensive information about Great…
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Peter Duck

1932 · Arthur Michell Ransome

Peter Duck is the third book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. The story follows the Swallows and Amazons as they sail to Crab…
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Pigeon post

1936 · Arthur Michell Ransome

Pigeon Post is the 6th novel in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, published in 1936, and was the first winner of the Carnegie Medal for…
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Swallowdale

1931 · Arthur Michell Ransome

Swallowdale is a children's adventure novel written by Arthur Ransome and first published in 1931 by Jonathan Cape. The story follows the Walker…
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We didn't mean to go to sea

1937 · Arthur Michell Ransome

The Swallows, visiting the east coast of England, stand watch on a small cruising sailboat for its owner, then drag anchor and end up crossing the…
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Swallows and Amazons

1930 · Arthur Michell Ransome

A children's book by Arthur Ransome, first in a series of twelve. In 1928, four children aged 7 to 12, whose father is in the navy, vacation with…
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