Colin Dann’s Animals of Farthing Wood books are considered classics in the United Kingdom. The Farthing Wood series has been released in multiple formats, from picture books to chapter books, and from audiobooks to an animated television series for kids. The two featured here are chapter books for ages 10 and up.
The Animals of Farthing Wood (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $3.82, add Audible narration at time of purchase for $3.49 more)
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.
Through Battle And Storm: The Animals of Farthing Wood (5/5 stars, currently priced at $4.34)
Trey, the stag leader wants all small animals out of White Deer Park and the future is looking bleak for Badger, Adder and Tawny Owl.
But the great storm changes everything for the better – that is until Bully, the evil rat king decides to invade the Park and claim his leadership. . .
Click here to browse the full catalog of animal adventure books for tweens and up by Colin Dann.
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