'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' - plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they can't sail? By sledges of course! But when a blizzard blows up and there is a mix up about signals, the D's disappear into the Arctic night. Disaster looms. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends? BACKSTORY: Crack ...
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'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' - plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they can't sail? By sledges of course! But when a blizzard blows up and there is a mix up about signals, the D's disappear into the Arctic night. Disaster looms. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends? BACKSTORY: Crack the Swallows and Amazons' code and learn all about the real Arctic exploration that inspired this book.
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Add this copy of Winter Holiday (Puffin Books) to cart. $15.04, very good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1968 by Puffin Books.
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Add this copy of Winter Holiday to cart. $17.61, good condition, Sold by The Children's Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hay on Wye, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1977 by Puffin.
A classic tale of real children in the winter Lake District in the North West of England.
A follow-up to the previous two adventures set around the lake - part Windermere and part Coniston - 'Swallows and Amazons' and 'Swallowdale'. It introduces the two 'D's' Dick and Dorothea who continue their adventures in 'Coot Club' and 'The Big Six' ion the Norfolk Broads as well as other books in the Lake area.
A wonderful read for youngsters.
