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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 Heartfelt Funny Feel-Good

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Remember reading this as a child, loved it then, more so now - you can truly appreciate the brutal honesty aimed at us greedy humans.

Brilliant book

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Absolutely loved this Audible. Such an amazing story following the adventures of the animal of Farthing wood. You actually felt like your one of them going along with them on the adventure through their ups and downs. I highly recommend this book to anyone of any age.

Amazing Adventure Story

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I loved this audiobook so much! I loved the narrators and I loved the story! I honestly wish I listened to this audiobook before now!

I wish I listened to this long before now!

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I watched the series as a child, with my Nan. This brought back so many lovely memories!

Straight back to my childhood!

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one of those lovely old tale's where you just get lost in the story making friends along the way Never wanted it to finish

what a amazing story

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