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The Animals of Farthing Wood

By: Colin Dann
Narrated by: Paul Whitehouse, Esther Coles
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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.

This is a 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.

©1979 Copyright © 1979 Colin Dann (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Animals Animals & Nature Fiction Literature & Fiction
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At first, I found the switching between two narrators jarring, but after I got used to it, the story was very much enjoyable. It had insight and a great balance between harrowing moments and lighter intervals. I can now understand why my dearest friend recalls this book from his childhood with such fondness.

An Entertaining Story for Young and Old

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Absolutely loved the book. kept my interest the entire time. the two separate narrators took some getting use to but it was fine after awhile.

great book

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