“Book Descriptions: A large parcel came by post to Arthur Ransome. He opened it to find the manuscript of this book written by two schoolgirls, during the winter and spring terms, to the detriment of their school work. He began reading it with deep mistrust but soon found himself unable to stop. A party of children stay in a farmhouse on Exmoor, meet other like-minded children, have all sorts of adventures, mostly on horseback but also on a raft on the river. They have the sort of holiday that everybody would like to have if only they could!” DRIVE