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  • The Animals of Farthing Wood

    Colin Dann

    eBook (Egmont, Sept. 3, 2012)
    Both heart-wrenching and heart-warming, The Animals of Farthing Wood is a classic animal story of adventure and the fight for survival.Farthing Wood is being bulldozed and a drought means the animals no longer have anywhere to live or drink. Fox, Badger, Toad, Tawny Owl, Mole and the other animals band together and leave their ancestral home and set off to move to a far-away nature reserve. Their journey is full of adventure and fraught with disasters: a fire, a storm, a treacherous river crossing and a hunt. The animals must unite in adversity and in doing so they learn about each other’s habits and limitations.The story about tolerance, cooperation, survival and friendship from Colin Dann, which inspired the major BBC children’s series of the 1990s. The Animals of Farthing Wood is one of the most popular animal stories in children’s literature and is still in print nearly 35 years after first publication.
  • In The Path Of The Storm

    Colin Dann

    language (RHCP Digital, Sept. 30, 2011)
    'I mean to be not only the leadero f the deer herd but Lord of the Reserve. So you must stay in your corner of the Park, all of you... otherwise you'll be permitted here no longer.'Trey, the new leader of the deer herd of White Deer Park, has decided that there is no room for the smaller animals in the reserve.The future looks very bleak for Badger, Adder, Owl and the others - and then the night of the great storm brings more danger . . .
  • Farthing Wood Collection 1

    Colin Dann

    eBook (RHCP Digital, June 30, 2011)
    The first two stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood have been brought together in one, value for money bind-up. In the prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood, THE ADVENTURE BEGINS we meet an earlier generation of animals whose descendants will make their epic journey from Farthing Wood to White Deer Park. Then read how the animals survived their first and harshest winter away from Farthing Wood in IN THE GRIP OF WINTER.
  • Farthing Wood Collection 3

    Colin Dann

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Dec. 31, 2011)
    The Siege of White Deer Park: the animals are in danger and they need to make a plan - fast! A killer beast is on the loose and the deaths are mounting up... In the Path of the Storm: when the new leader of the stag herd, Trey, wields his power, things look very bleak for the smaller animals. They are to be evicted! That is, until the night of the great storm. Battle for the Park: Animals are disappearing from the White Deer Park. Could the Warden, whom the animals have learnt to trust, be responsible?
  • The Animals of Farthing Wood

    Colin Dann

    Paperback (Egmont UK, Oct. 1, 2016)
    We must all find a new home. Now—before it’s too late! Farthing Wood is being bulldozed, and there’s a drought. Fox, Badger, Toad, Tawny Owl, Mole, and the other animals must band together and set off to a far-away nature reserve. Their journey is full of adventure and fraught with disasters, and the animals must work together to survive. The Animals of Farthing Wood is one of the most popular animal stories in children’s literature and is still in print nearly 40 years after first publication.
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  • King Of The Vagabonds

    Colin Dann

    language (RHCP Digital, Sept. 30, 2011)
    'Don't stray into the Quartermile Field. Any animal with sense avoids the spot,' warns Sammy's mother. But Sammy is curious - about the Field, and about his father, the fierce, wild father he's never met. Then one day Sammy discovers that his father has returned. And determined to track him down, Sammy sets off towards the strange, wild land of Quatermile Field - and into a very different and dangerous world . . .
  • Farthing Wood - The Adventure Begins

    Colin Dann

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Dec. 31, 2011)
    There had always been otters in the stream running through Farthing Wood - and that had never been a problem for the other animals before: both sets of animals were happy to leave each other alone.But when there is a shortage of fish in the stream, the otters take to coming ashore for new prey - and that is a problem. Suddenly, the Farthing Wood animals have to compete for food - and they don't like it. Lean Vixen and the others are determined not to starve, and that means deciding on a plan to drive the otters out once and for all . . .
  • The Farthing Wood Collection 2

    Colin Dann

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Dec. 14, 2017)
    A second collection of stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood brought together in one volume. In FOX'S FEUD young fox cub, Dreamer, has been killed in a vicious attack, and the animals in White Deer Park have no doubt who is responsible. Fox vows revenge, but are he and his young family a match for the formidable strength of Scarface and his clan? Yet again the animals must band together to avert disaster. FOX CLUB BOLD sees Dreamer’s brother, Bold, venture into dangerous territory in an attempt to make peace with the enemy. Despite his good intentions, Bold is imprisoned and Fox has to come to his rescue.
  • The Animals of Farthing Wood

    Colin Dann

    Paperback (Egmont UK, April 1, 2007)
    A group of forest animals unite to help each other to safety in this classic tale of tolerance, cooperation, survival, and friendship. When bulldozers enter Farthing Wood, the animals must escape before their homes are destroyed. They promise to stick together and protect each other—but then they get caught in a fire and nearly drown crossing a river. Will their pact hold? Both heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this beloved story has been translated into 16 languages.
  • In The Grip Of Winter

    Colin Dann

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Sept. 30, 2011)
    In the depths of winter, with snow thick on the ground, Badger lies alone and injured. No one knows where he is, and the icy cold is tightening its grip every second.What will happen to Badger? And can the other animals of Farthing Wood survive the harsh cold and piercing hunger that winter has brought?
  • Battle for the Park

    Colin. Dann

    (Hutchinson, July 6, 1992)
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  • The Fox Cub Bold

    Colin Dann

    eBook (RHCP Digital, July 29, 2011)
    'He saw on man raise his weapon and take aim at him... and, the next instant, felt a fierce sear of pain in his right thigh...'The fox cub Bold has left the sheltered life of the nature reserve determined to make his way in the world. But, exulting in his new-found freedom, he becomes reckless. And now he lies badly wounded by a hunter's bullet. Can Bold survive - lamed and unable to hunt - in the harsh environment of the real world he so eagerly entered? Winter is coming and friends are hard to find . . .