The Big Six by Arthur Ransome (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Big Six by Arthur Ransome Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Plunge into the Norfolk Broads as the Ds join up with the Coot Club once again - this time to solve a very baffling crimeWhy shouldnt we be detectives too?When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their friends the Death and Glories in a very bad situation. Accused of setting boats adrift, sabotage and theft, the boys are under suspicion by everyone on the river. And in the meantime, the real culprits are still at large. Theres no choice but to form a crime-busting team- The Big Six. As the evidence stacks against them, can they solve the mystery and trap the real criminals?Includes exclusive material- In The Backstory find out about birds, boats and fish and put your own detective skills to the test!Vintage Childrens Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Back Cover Why shouldnt we be detectives too? When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their friends the Death and Glories in a very bad situation. Accused of setting boats adrift, sabotage and theft, the boys are under suspicion by everyone on the river. And in the meantime, the real culprits are still at large. Theres no choice but to form a crime-busting team: The Big Six. As the evidence stacks against them, can they solve the mystery and trap the real criminals? BACKSTORY: Find out about birds, boats and fish and put your own detective skills to the test! Turn to page 16 to read about a wobbly tooth and some rather brutal dentistry... Author Biography Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life - as a baby in he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became a foreign correspondent for the Daily News. In 1917 when the Russian Revolution began he became a journalist and was a special correspondent of the Guardian. He played chess with Lenin and married Trotskys personal secretary, Evgenia Petrovna Shelepina. On their return to England, he bought a cottage near Windermere in the Lake District and began writing childrens stories. In a 1958 authors note, Ransome wrote- I have been often asked how I came to write Swallows and Amazons. The answer is that it had its beginning long, long ago when, as children, my brother, my sisters and I spent most of our holidays on a farm at the south end of Coniston. We played in or on the lake or on the hills above . . . Going away from it we were half drowned in tears. While away from it, as children and as grown-ups, we dreamt about it. No matter where I was, wandering about the world, I used at night to look for the North Star and, in my minds eye, could see the beloved sky-line of great hills beneath it. Swallows grew out of those old memories. I could not help writing it. It almost wrote itself. He published the first of his childrens classics, the twelve Swallows And Amazons books, in 1930. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post. He died in 1967. Review Mr Ransome again equals or perhaps excels himself...every boy will vote this detective story super * New Statesman *In my early teens I read Arthur Ransomes books, The Coot Club and The Big Six... They impressed me so much that I persuaded my father to take me on holiday to the Norfolk Broads where we had great fun teaching ourselves to sail, all on the impetus of Ransomes books -- Aidan Chambers * Observer *A continuation of Coot Club and as good as ever * Observer *The adventure, though engrossing, is only part of a book in which the cry and flight of birds, the small of water and tarry ropes, and the jargon of men and boys brought up to use their hands and senses are all delightfully plain to us * Times Literary Supplement * Promotional Plunge into the Norfolk Broads as the Ds join up with the Coot Club once again - this time to solve a very baffling crime Review Text Mr Ransome again equals or perhaps excels himself...every boy will vote this detective story super Review Quote "He makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure." Observer "There is plenty of excitement, a little danger, a quality of thinking, planning and fun which is delightful and stimulating." TLS Promotional "Headline" Plunge into the Norfolk Broads as the Ds join up with the Coot Club once again - this time to solve a very baffling crime Details ISBN0099589354 Author Arthur Ransome Year 2014 ISBN-10 0099589354 ISBN-13 9780099589358 Format Paperback Publication Date 2014-10-02 Imprint Vintage Childrens Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Death 1967 Media Book DEWEY 823.912 Pages 544 Publisher Vintage Publishing Language English UK Release Date 2014-10-02 AU Release Date 2014-10-02 NZ Release Date 2014-10-02 Audience Age 8-12 Translator Humphrey Davies Birth 1930 Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Audience Children / Juvenile Alternative 9780224606394 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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