Watership Down

Name: Watership Down
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9780241655702
Price: 36.0 NZD
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By Richard Adams

Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics

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Watership Down by Richard Adams follows a group of rabbits seeking a new home after their warren is threatened. Led by Hazel and guided by Fiver's visions, they embark on a perilous journey filled with challenges and unexpected allies. This tale of adventure and survival delves deep into themes of loyalty, leadership, and the resilience of the spirit.
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Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Watership Down.

Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this irresistible edition of Watership Down.

Be cunning, and full of tricks - Richard Adams

Fiver is very worried. He senses something terrible is about to happen to the warren, the only home he's ever known. While the other rabbits ignore him, his big brother Hazel knows that Fiver's instincts are always right...

They must leave immediately.

Fiver leads the rabbits on a thrilling quest through the human world to their new home, Watership Down, where they must work together to overcome their biggest challenge yet.

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A treacherous journey and quest for survival, beautifully evoking the Berkshire countryside in poetic language. An exciting, moving, and powerful novel with some of the best characterisation in children's literature. Full of adventure, humour, excitement, and sadness, it remains enthralling.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241655702

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin Classics

Contributors:

Illustrated by David Parkins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 52.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 638g

Pages: 640

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Richard Adams Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics

About the Author

Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams wrote many novels and short stories, including Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He died in 2016, aged 96.

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