<Table> We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Typical cover art depicting a montage of Arthur Ransome's own illustrations from the book </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Arthur Ransome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cover artist </Th> <Td> Arthur Ransome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Td> Swallows and Amazons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Children's books </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Jonathan Cape </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 1937 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (Hardcover & Paperback) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 1 - 56792 - 487 - 9 (David R. Godine, Publisher: paperback, 1994) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Pigeon Post </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Secret Water </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Typical cover art depicting a montage of Arthur Ransome's own illustrations from the book </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Arthur Ransome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cover artist </Th> <Td> Arthur Ransome </Td> </Tr>

Moral lesson we didnt mean to go to sea