I have to modify my poll answer -- *I'd* say leave Peter Duck until the end, or in its proper order, because the "make-believe" books are my least favorite. Too surreal for our dear Walkers!
Also, Swallowdale is so good it's worth reading as soon as you can! Alas, I had to leave my S&A at home, but my favorites are: Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Winter Holiday, The Picts and the Martyrs, and just to change things up, Coot Club. I haven't read the last few in the series (Missie Lee, The Big Six, etc), but then, *everything* Ransome does is marvelous.
As for the sailing idea? Um, yeah! We have a lake at home that is *perfect*, Wild Cat Island and everything, so you and Katy will simply have to come visit the Great Northwest.
(And I'm usually Titty/John/Peggy myself, so yay! But you don't know the D's! aka Dick and Dorothea. You might like them lots. Some people don't. Some people named Kristen.)
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Also, Swallowdale is so good it's worth reading as soon as you can! Alas, I had to leave my S&A at home, but my favorites are: Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale, Winter Holiday, The Picts and the Martyrs, and just to change things up, Coot Club. I haven't read the last few in the series (Missie Lee, The Big Six, etc), but then, *everything* Ransome does is marvelous.
As for the sailing idea? Um, yeah! We have a lake at home that is *perfect*, Wild Cat Island and everything, so you and Katy will simply have to come visit the Great Northwest.
(And I'm usually Titty/John/Peggy myself, so yay! But you don't know the D's! aka Dick and Dorothea. You might like them lots. Some people don't. Some people named Kristen.)