Strong Winds series Bookbag wrote "...the series has never fought shy of taking on the big issues. This time it's people-trafficking and Julia Jones doesn't patronise her readers... It's likely to provoke a lot of discussion." Books in the Strong Winds series: Strong Winds series The Strong Winds series is a series of children's books written by English author Julia Jones. The books reference many of the settings and characters of the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. The books use adventure stories about sailing to provide action and structure amid developing themes of foster care, mental illness, disability and corrupt officialdom.
George S. Elrick Glenview. They had 2 children, Michael and Bruce. In the mid 50's, he was employed by the Jacoby Advertising Agency as a Writer. In the 60's, he was employed by Wilding Studios, and wrote television scrips for the Wild Kingdom series. In the mid 60's, he wrote storybooks and maps for the "General Whitman's Adventure" series. He was also the author of dozens of children's books from the Whitman "Big Little Books" series from the mid 60's until the early 80's. Towards the end of his career, he even wrote a science fiction handbook that was a tutorial used in