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I read this book when I was young (12-13) and always remembered it as one of my favorite stories. I am now 75 and wondered if my 11 year old granddaughter would like it, so I reread it to be sure it was as I remembered. I was not disappointed. It is an exciting and intriguing adventure tale. There are many nautical words and terms that I had to look up. Note: Wikipedia has an excellent nautical dictionary. My granddaughter has been sailing for a couple of years so she probably will have no trouble with the words. "Peter Duck" will be under the Christmas tree this year.


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Peter Duck Arthur Ransome 9780099573647 Books Reviews

Loved by my 9 year old grandson!
My son and I are reading through this series together, and I don't know which of us is enjoying it more.
This is another of the series of books of the s & a gang, this time its real ships, real oceans and real bloodthirsty pirates. These books were written in the 1930's and are the more enjoyable for it. I read these books when I was yound, I read them to my kids and have recently re read the series and enjoyed them greatly, read and enjoy the series. swallows and s forever.
ps. at the end of the book there is a link to the Arthur Ransome Trust web site, well worth doing.
This is a great story for all ages, quite gripping and filled with sailing lore and the kind of detail about seafaring and sailing ships from tiny to huge, in the end of the "Age of Sail" that make all Ransome's books both educational and enjoyable.

The namesake character is a particularly fine rendering of a lifelong seaman, more at home at sea than ashore. This book could entertain a parent reading to a child as well as an adult or a child with a taste for nautical adventure, including skullduggery, buried treasure, piracy, but without the kitschy and over the top treatment common to most modern treatments of the subject.

It helps to have read Swallows and s by the same author but is by no means necessary to enjoy it by itself.
I'm awaiting my 11 year old grandson's verdict on the Swallows and s series, of which this is one.
I still think they're as great as I did as a child (I'm 76 now) and I'm hoping that imagination, wholesome fun in boats and families doing things together, hasn't lost its appeal. Maybe I'm enjoying my second childhood because I've been rereading every one of them and giggling throughout. Not so sure how they're going down with the grandson though, when they have to compete with the X Box and the iPad and games that have already killed the innocence of his generation.
Much of my lifelong love of sailing has been inspired by the wonderful Swallows and s series by Arthur Ransome. As an ocean sailor, Peter Duck is in many ways my favorite. It is a wonderful story of adventure with pirates and lost treasure, storms and fog, intrigue and challenge. My children have read the series and I expect someday my grandchildren will as well. It is so wonderful to remind children that there was great life before iPads, satellite TV and streaming videos. Sailing is still an adventure open to all, at any age. Swallows and s help remind us of the important traits of life integrity, curiosity, adventure, love and responsibility. You can't ask for a better life introduction than Swallows and s, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, and We Didn't Mean to GoTo Sea!
Book received in excellent condition, exactly as expected
Although I haven't read this book yet, Swallows and s is an adventure series for boys and girls, slightly reminiscent of The Boxcar Children, but set on water. Good, wholesome fun. We were hooked after the first book and are working to build our collection. Somewhat more advanced reading level.
I read this book when I was young (12-13) and always remembered it as one of my favorite stories. I am now 75 and wondered if my 11 year old granddaughter would like it, so I reread it to be sure it was as I remembered. I was not disappointed. It is an exciting and intriguing adventure tale. There are many nautical words and terms that I had to look up. Note Wikipedia has an excellent nautical dictionary. My granddaughter has been sailing for a couple of years so she probably will have no trouble with the words. "Peter Duck" will be under the Christmas tree this year.