Winter Holiday (Godine Storyteller)
by Arthur Ransome Author
(From Amazon): The fourth book in Arthur Ransome's classic series for children, Winter Holiday takes intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker, and fearsome Amazon pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett to the North Pole. Joined by budding novelist Dorethes Callum and her scientist brother Dick, the children plan an "Arctic" expedition. But unforseen events seperate the travelers and disaster nearly strikes in the exciting climax of their race to the Pole.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0879236618
- Print Status
- In Print
- chapters
- 29
- Pages
- 352
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 6th
- Geographical Setting
- Northern England
- Historical Setting
- 1933 - 1933
- Publisher
- David R Godine
- Copyright
- 1989
chapters
- 1 Strangers
- 2 Signalling To Mars
- 3 Strangers No More
- 4 The Igloo
- 5 Skating and the Alphabet
- 6 Snow
- 7 Arctic Voyage
- 8 Lost Leader
- 9 Quarantine
- 10 Doing Without Nancy
- 11 Cragfast Sheep
- 12 Ambulance Work
- 13 To Spitzbergen By Ice
- 14 Nancy Takes A Hand
- 15 Days In The Fram
- 16 Sailing Sledge
- 17 Nancy Sends A Picture
- 18 The Fram At Night
- 19 The D's Take Charge
- 20 Captain Nancy Gets Two Bits Of News
- 21 Captain Flint Comes Home
- 22 Next Morning
- 23 The Uses Of An Uncle
- 24 Flag At Beckfoot
- 25 Council In The Fram
- 26 The North Pole
- 27 To The Rescue
- 28 Arctic Night
- 29 And Afterwards
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