TY - BOOK AU - Ransome,Arthur TI - Winter holiday T2 - Swallows and Amazons SN - 0099427176 AV - PZ7.R175 Wi 1988 U1 - 823.912 21 PY - 2001/// CY - London PB - Red Fox KW - Swallows (Fictitious characters) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Vacations KW - Adventure fiction KW - lcgft KW - Children's stories KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1933 N2 - 'Well,' said Nancy, 'You know what it's like. Dark at teatime and sleeping indoors: nothing ever happens in the winter holidays.' Nothing - except a polar expedition, full of mountain rescues, blizzards, igloos, ice sailing and heroic work amidst the frozen wastes. For Dick and Dorothea, newcomers to the lake, meeting up with the Swallows and Amazons sweeps them into a wild adventure where they must prove their worth to the team ER -