Pigeon Post (Swallows and Amazons #6) by Arthur Ransome AdventureKEEN just a lot of living

just a lot of living in the moment

each spread contains a pair or group of homophones and corresponding illustrations that provide context for each word

they spend a year learning about all the wonderful things you can do in a garden: planting

until she realizes her stocking is missing and she enters the story to look for it

Pigeon Post (Swallows and Amazons #6) by Arthur Ransome AdventureKEEN just a lot of livingThe Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold in the Lake District Hills camping out, evading dangers, and staying in touch via homing pigeon. Nancy and Peggy Blackett receive a letter from their Uncle Jim who's on his way home after failing to find treasure in South America. When they hear a tale about a lost gold mine in the Lake District hills, Nancy and Peggy decide to find the mine as a surprise for their uncle. The children comb the nearby