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    Coot Club is the fifth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1934. The book sees Dick and Dorothea Callum...
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    They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin term for "coot". Coots have predominantly black plumage, and—unlike many rails—they are usually...
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    Holiday. The two following books, (Coot Club and The Big Six), are set in the Norfolk Broads, where they meet the Coot Club members: Tom Dudgeon; the twins...
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    American coot (Fulica americana), also known as a mud hen or pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are...
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  • Titmouse and (briefly) captain of the Teasel on the Norfolk Broads, in Coot Club and The Big Six. Bess "Port" Farland — left-handed twin and expert yacht...
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    their friendship with the members of the Coot Club. This book is more of a detective story as the Ds and Coot Club try to unravel a mystery that threatens...
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  • related to Disney character Donald Duck. The family is also related to the Coot, Goose, and Gander families, as well as the Scottish Clan McDuck. Besides...
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    of low-lying once swampy land south of The Wash The children's novels Coot Club and The Big Six, both by Arthur Ransome, are set on the Broads The British...
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  • Cockles Miss Ida Findlesham 1 episode 1984 Swallows and Amazons Forever: Coot Club Livy (Hullabaloo) movie 1985 Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire...
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    leader of the Hullabaloos in the television adaptation of Arthur Ransome's Coot Club, called Swallows and Amazons Forever! (1984). Fellowes wrote the script...
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