"Swallows and Amazons Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the ""Swallows and Amazons"" series by English author Arthur Ransome; it was first published in 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District. The book introduces central protagonists John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker (Swallows) and their mother and baby sister (Bridget), as well as Nancy and Peggy Blackett (Amazons) and their uncle Jim, commonly referred to as Captain Flint. At the time, Ransome had been working as a journalist with the ""Manchester Guardian"", but decided to become a full-time author rather"
"the classic ""shiver my timbers."" In her first appearance in ""Swallows and Amazons"", Peggy reveals that ""Nancy"" is itself a nickname derived from her affection for pirates: her real name is Ruth, which she changed to Nancy after her Uncle Jim pointed out that pirates are ""ruthless."" Nancy is the elder of the ""Amazons"" and older than the ""Swallows"". She usually takes the lead in their adventures. Nancy has a lively imagination and usually thinks up adventures for her friends which she makes more exciting by imagining an exotic background such as climbing Kanchenjunga in ""Swallowdale"" instead of just a"
"Duck is mentioned in ""Swallowdale"" as Titty's imaginary friend from a story made up by the Swallows and Amazons. The Swallows and Amazons are in Lowestoft, preparing for a cruise aboard a schooner, the ""Wild Cat"", with Captain Flint, the Blacketts' uncle Jim Turner. Unfortunately the other adult (Sam Bideford) cannot come and so the cruise is threatened until Peter Duck, an elderly seaman, offers to come along to help. In the harbour a larger black schooner, the ""Viper"", is fitting out for a voyage and Peter Duck's presence aboard the ""Wild Cat"" interests Black Jake, the ""Viper""’s captain. Peter"
"and observed, ""It is the portrayal of this spirit which makes play a matter of desperate yet enjoyable earnestness which gives their distinctive stamp to Mr. Ransome's books. ... Because he understands the whole-heartedness of youth he can invest a momentary experiment, such as young Roger's Indian scout work, with real suspense."" In 1963, the BBC screened a television series starring Susan George as 'Kitty' (changed from Titty), which was violently disliked by Arthur Ransome. The six-part series aired in September and October 1963. In 1974, EMI produced a film version of the ""Swallows and Amazons"", starring Virginia McKenna and"
"named ""Swallow"", they meet the Blackett children (Nancy and Peggy) who sail a dinghy named ""Amazon"". The Walkers camp on an island in the lake while the Blacketts live in their house nearby. However, they soon realise this has been the territory of the two other girls who sail the ""Amazon"", and the scene is set for serious rivalry. Eventually they make friends and agree to join forces against a common enemy – the Blacketts' Uncle Jim whom they call ""Captain Flint"" (after the character in ""Treasure Island""). Uncle Jim, normally an ally of his nieces, has withdrawn from their"
"is seven in the first novel and Bridget has her second birthday. Bridget grows up quickly into a six-year-old when she becomes a full character. The crew of the ""Amazon"" are the sisters Nancy and Peggy Blackett. Nancy — who does not use her baptismal name of Ruth because her uncle has said that pirates are supposed to be ruthless — is a strong character who would probably be considered a tomboy. Nancy's speech includes many sailor and pirate terms. She often leads both the crews of the ""Amazon"" and the ""Swallow"". Peggy, real name Margaret, puts up a show"
"(father of Tom) and Frank Farland (father of the twins) plus in ""Coot Club"" five obnoxious adults in a motor cruiser, the ""Margoletta"" who are called the Hullabaloos by the children. Despite the title, Ramsome's other groups of children the Swallows and the Amazons do not appear. A Puffin paperback with the same title was published in 1983; it is a condensation of Coot Club (omitting the postscript) and The Big Six.(omittiing 7 chapters). It was reissued as a Red Fox paperback in 1993 with the title ""Swallows and Amazons for Ever!"" Swallows and Amazons Forever! Swallows and Amazons Forever!"
"The Swallows, Amazons and Ds are camping in the Blackett family's garden at Beckfoot. The ""Swallow"" is not available for sailing. James Turner (Captain Flint) has sent word that he is returning from an expedition to South America prospecting for gold, and has sent ""Timothy"" ahead. As he can be let loose in the study, they deduce that Timothy is an armadillo and make a box for him, but he does not arrive. ""Slater Bob"", an old slate miner, tells them a story about a lost gold vein in the fells. As Captain Flint has been unsuccessful in his prospecting"
"she buys. A couple of years later, when Sophie and her mother visit the stables to ask about riding lessons, Dolly is shown to remember Sophie; she runs straight up to her and rubs against her legs, which causes the stable owner to remember Sophie as well. Ollie – Tomboy's son; just like his mother he is coal black. Aunt Al rings up to ask if all the kittens have gone and Sophie explains that only one is left. Aunt Al asks if she may have him and changes his name from Holly to Ollie, short for Oliver. All the"
"Nancy Blackett Nancy Blackett is a fictional character in nine of the twelve juvenile novels in Arthur Ransome's ""Swallows and Amazons series"" of books. She is a bit of a tomboy—acting as captain of the dinghy, ""Amazon"" and usually directing her friends in their various adventures. Nancy apparently has no real-world counterpart as an inspirational source for Ransome but appears to be completely the author's creation. Nancy is sometimes critically viewed as a subversive character for girl readers. The character appeared in a 1963 BBC television adaptation of ""Swallows and Amazons"" as well as in the 1974 and 2016 film"
"Kitten"". Tabitha Twitchit will be voiced by Rosie Kendrick, while Moppet and Mittens will be voiced by child actress Rachel Weiner. Tom Kitten will be voiced by child actress Ella Bradley and Tabitha's visiting friends will all be voiced by Tracy Spencer-Wright. Tabitha Twitchit Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit is a fictional anthropomorphic cat who features in the books of Beatrix Potter. She is a shopkeeper and the long-suffering mother of three unruly kittens, Moppet, Mittens and Tom Kitten. The success of her early books enabled Potter to purchase a farm called Hill Top in Cumbria. Among the animals there was a"
"middle of an English lake is thrilling just because it is not fabulous. […] It is make-believe such as all children have indulged in: even children who have not been so fortunate as to have a lake and a boat and an island but only a backyard amongst the semis of Suburbia."" In 1963, the BBC produced an adaptation, ""Swallows and Amazons,"" with John Paul as ""Captain Flint"" and Susan George as the renamed ""Kitty"". The series was directed by Peter Saunders. EMI released a version in 1974, directed by Claude Whatham and produced by Richard Pilbrow. The film starred"
"blames the Walkers, but is finally convinced that he is mistaken and feels he was wrong to distance himself from his nieces' adventures all summer. The Swallows, Amazons and Turner investigate Cormorant Island, but they cannot find Turner's missing trunk. The following day, there is a mock battle between Turner and the children, after which Turner is tried for his crimes and forced to walk the plank on his own houseboat. They agree at the post-battle feast that on the final day of their holidays, Titty and Roger will go back to Cormorant Island while the others go fishing. Titty"
"the young protagonists, many — generally benevolent — adult characters also appear. The most prominently involved are the Blackett sisters' uncle Jim Turner, who is called Captain Flint by the children, after the character in ""Treasure Island"", and Mrs Barrable in ""Coot Club"". A painfully shy geologist, named Timothy, is also accepted by the children during ""Pigeon Post"" and included in their adventures. The ""Swallows and Amazons"" series has strong links with the real world. Extensive elements of both the characters and the settings can be traced back to incidents in Ransome's life and are the raw material for much"
"Tabitha Twitchit Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit is a fictional anthropomorphic cat who features in the books of Beatrix Potter. She is a shopkeeper and the long-suffering mother of three unruly kittens, Moppet, Mittens and Tom Kitten. The success of her early books enabled Potter to purchase a farm called Hill Top in Cumbria. Among the animals there was a cat called Tabitha Twitchit. In the books, she is shown as standing on her hind legs and wearing fashionable clothes. She and her kittens live in a house based on the Hill Top farmhouse while her shop is based on one in"
"adaptations of the book. At the opening of the series in ""Swallows and Amazons, "" Nancy is 12 years old and lives with her younger sister Peggy and her widowed mother in a large Lakeland house called Beckfoot. In common with his treatment of many of his other characters, Ransome does not give a detailed description of Nancy, merely describing her as ""bigger than John"" (Walker). She is something of a tomboy who captains a dinghy called ""Amazon"", usually wears a red pirate cap and often uses nautical or piratical words in her speech, such as ""Jibbooms and bobstays"" or"
"gives another little nod to T. S. Eliot's ""The Naming of Cats."" Cats are born with three names: their ""heart name"" (Fritti) which is the name used by family, close friends and lovers; their ""face name"" (Tailchaser) which is appointed when they come of age and is their commonly used, public name; and their ""tail name"" which is a secret name each cat must discover for himself. Williams wrote ""Memory, Sorrow and Thorn"" ""in part to deal with some of my conflicts about Tolkien's ""Lord of the Rings""."" ""I thought I was beginning a dialogue within the SF/Fantasy field about"
"Swallows and Amazons Forever! Swallows and Amazons Forever! is a 1984 BBC children's television series based on two children's novels from the ""Swallows and Amazons series"" by Arthur Ransome, ""Coot Club"" (four episodes) and ""The Big Six"" (four episodes). The setting is the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s, partly near the village of Horning, with the children sailing and bird-watching, plus some detective work in ""The Big Six"". The main characters are visitors Dick and Dorothea (Dot) Callum and locals Tom Dudgeon, the twins Nell and Bess, three boatbuilders’ sons Joe, Bill and Pete, and adults Mrs Barrable, Dr Dudgeon"
"Sawrey books and introduces characters that would make appearances in the following Sawrey books. Tabitha Twitchit was a longtime resident at Hill Top who kept the rats in check and figures prominently in three of the books and peripherally in another. She is a blend of Potter herself and probably her mother or another proper Victorian lady who resembled her. Inspired by the real Tabitha and a kitten Potter borrowed for the 1906 production of ""The Story of Miss Moppet"", ""The Tale of Tom Kitten"" is about how children react to manners. Tom Kitten's very name suggest carefree, mischievous boyishness"
"She smoked Jolly Sailor tobacco, and had two sheepdogs—""""Thunder and Lightning"""". In ""The Wee Free Men"", one of the last things that Tiffany saw when she was """"truly awake"""" was Granny Aching, dressed as an ornamental shepherdess. Tiffany also became aware of people leaving small tributes at Granny's general gravesite, leaving her to wonder if Granny Aching is slowly becoming an actual cultural deity on the Chalk. She was said to have a ringing personality, never lost a sheep in her life, and was taciturn 'unless something was worth saying'. Her petname for Tiffany, her favorite grandchild, was ""Jiggit"" (which"
"speak or grow hair until she was 2 years old. She earned her nickname from her father because she would ""zip"" around the house like a famous chimp on TV who could roller skate. In this memoir, Kimmel introduces the characters of her own family: Her mother who spends all her time on the couch reading; her father who is an obsessive camping packer, proclaimed non-church goer, and gambler; her older sister, Melinda who tolerates Zippy and convinces Zippy that she is adopted from gypsies; and her handsome, quiet, intense, and much older brother, Daniel, whom Zippy idolizes. She tells"
"Cassidy, and Sundance was always the Sundance Kid. Beany, whose real name is Elizabeth, got her name because she declared, at a young age, that she wanted to be a bean when she grew up.She actually wanted to be a doctor in South Africa and didn't know how to tell her parents. Other characters include Dan, a former enemy of Robin's, and later his best friend, and a mysterious girl called Harriet, who appears in the second book, ""The Amber Cat"". Storytelling is a key theme in the second and third books, whilst beachcombing and life by the sea feature"
"Nibbles (Tom and Jerry) Nibbles (also known as Tuffy) is a fictional character from the ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon series. He is the little, blue/gray, diaper-wearing orphan mouse whose cartoon debut came in the 1946 short ""The Milky Waif"". Tuffy was later featured in the 1949 Academy Award-winning short ""The Little Orphan"". The character's first actual appearance came in the 1942 comic book ""Our Gang Comics"" #1, where despite his diaper, he was presented as a peer of Jerry rather than a younger individual. In the comics, the gray mouse's name was given as Tuffy Mouse from the start. When"
"formerly an office block. Headingley is also famous for something called the Otley run which is essentially is a pub crawl typically done in fancy dress. Many famous writers, past and present, are connected with Headingley: Arthur Ransome, best known perhaps for the children's classic Swallows and Amazons, was born there, J. R. R. Tolkien the famous writer, author of ""The Lord of the Rings"", lived there when he worked at the university, playwright Alan Bennett once lived over a butcher's shop (now a dry cleaner's) opposite the Three Horseshoes and TV writer Kay Mellor lives in Weetwood today. Many"
"both with ""Fred"" in the name; one called Frederick and another named Alfred. Alfred died young. Also, Dickens had a sister named Fanny who had a disabled son named Henry Burnett Jr. Tiny Tim did not take his name from Fanny's child, but the actual aspects of Tiny Tim's character are taken from Henry Burnett Jr. Dickens tried other names such as ""Tiny Mick"" after ""Little Fred"" but eventually decided upon ""Tiny Tim"". After dropping the name ""Little Fred,"" Dickens instead named Scrooge's nephew ""Fred"". Dickens did not explicitly say what Tiny Tim's illness was. However, renal tubular acidosis (type"
"The Tale of Tom Kitten The Tale of Tom Kitten is a children's book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was released by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1907. The tale is about manners and how children react to them. Tabitha Twitchit, a cat, invites friends for tea. She washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but within moments the kittens have soiled and lost their clothes while scampering about the garden. Tabitha is ""affronted"". She sends the kittens to bed, and tells her friends the kittens have the measles. Once the tea party is underway"
"Potter's ""The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle"" (1905), and returned as adult rabbits in ""The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies"" (1909) and ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"" (1912). In 1992, an animated adaptation of the story was integrated with ""The Tale of Peter Rabbit"" and telecast on the BBC anthology series, ""The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends"". Benjamin also appeared in the episodes, ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"" and ""The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse"". Also in the BBC adaptation, Peter Rabbit's mother's first name is revealed to be Josephine, while in the actual books, her first"
"they plan an escape. During the Dragon festival, they set sail aboard Missee Lee's junk, the ""Shining Moon"". With the help of Missee Lee, who has decided to leave her responsibilities on the Three Islands and go back to study at Cambridge, they take a daring and dangerous passage through a gorge to evade capture. However, when Missee Lee hears fighting begin between the various islanders, she decides that she owes it to her people to return and unite them again. The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint return to England aboard the ""Shining Moon"". Missee Lee Missee Lee is the"
"I'm proudest of because it had something to do with the death of the Dick and Jane primers."" The book was adapted into a 1971 animated television special and a 2003 live-action film. The story begins as a girl named Sally and her brother, who serves as the narrator of the book, sit alone in their house on a cold, rainy day, staring wistfully out the window. Then they hear a loud bump which is quickly followed by the arrival of the Cat in the Hat, a tall anthropomorphic cat in a red and white striped hat and a red"
"route to adulthood. The character has been cited by feminist author and academic Sara Maitland as a childhood role model ""who transcended the restriction of femininity without succumbing to the lure of male-identification"" and a ""hero who had all the characteristics necessary for the job; who lived between the countries of the material and the imaginary"". Nancy Blackett has been portrayed in television and film. Amanda Coxell (now known as Mandy Harper) played the character in the 1963 BBC television adaptation of ""Swallows and Amazons"", and, a little over ten years later, Kit Seymour portrayed Nancy in a 1974 film"
"seaman"", is the most imaginative member of the crew. She often imagines her own adventures and becomes a hero in the novels, such as when she wins the war in ""Swallows and Amazons"" or finds an underground spring in ""Pigeon Post"". Roger is the youngest, originally the ship's boy, but promoted to able seaman in later books. Their youngest sister Bridget (originally nicknamed ""Vicky"" due to a resemblance to pictures of Queen Victoria in old age; the nickname is dropped in later books as she loses the resemblance when she grows older) also joins the crew in ""Secret Water"". Roger"
"chance, being so much dominated by Nancy"". When Ransome was first writing ""Swallows and Amazons"" in 1928, it was unusual for a female character to display such active leadership over males as Nancy Blackett does in the whole series of books and whilst children in children's literature had become increasingly self-motivated towards the end of the 19th century, they were, until Swallows and Amazons, still largely bounded by a ""closed nursery-orientated world"". In ""Secret Water"", Daisy the leader of the ""Eels"" is their leader, although younger than her brothers Dum and Dee. Nevertheless, despite writing Nancy in an unconventional role,"
"adaptation. She was played by Seren Hawkes in the ""Swallows and Amazons"" 2016 film adaptation. Nancy Blackett Nancy Blackett is a fictional character in nine of the twelve juvenile novels in Arthur Ransome's ""Swallows and Amazons series"" of books. She is a bit of a tomboy—acting as captain of the dinghy, ""Amazon"" and usually directing her friends in their various adventures. Nancy apparently has no real-world counterpart as an inspirational source for Ransome but appears to be completely the author's creation. Nancy is sometimes critically viewed as a subversive character for girl readers. The character appeared in a 1963 BBC"