The Ds can't wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holidays. But when the Amazons’...

'Barbecued billygoats!'

Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide...

'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!'

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed...

Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in...

‘Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!’

Dick and Dorothea – also known as The Ds – arrive in Norfolk all ready to...

'You’ll start with a blank map, that doesn’t do more than show roughly what’s water and what isn’t’

When the Walker family’s...

'Like to spend a night in the Goblin?’

The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast while they wait for their father to...

‘Why shouldn’t we be detectives too?’

When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the...

Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' -...

‘Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?’ Titty asked.
‘Because of his heart’ said Peter Duck

The...

'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'

Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself?...

Rediscover this classic tale of adventure.

The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty,...