Watership Down Scribner Classics

Set in england’s downs, this stirring tale of adventure, a once idyllic rural landscape, courage, and survival follows a band of very special rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for almost forty years, Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time.

A book that speaks to our society as vividly as it did nearly half a century ago, this keepsake Scribner Classic edition showcases more than twenty sumptuous, evocative tip-in paintings from Aldo Galli, an illustrator chosen by Richard Adams himself. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Discover—or revisit—the enchanting world of the Sandleford Warren rabbits in this first-ever illustrated edition of a celebrated modern classic.

. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

Tales from Watership Down

A spellbinding book of courage and survival, these tales are an exciting invitation to come home to a beloved world. Vintage Books. Here is the enchanting sequel to the beloved classic Watership Down, Bigwig, which introduced millions of readers to an extraordinary world of rabbits—including Fiver, Dandelion, Hazel, and the legendary hero El-ahrairah.

. Tales from watership down returns to these unforgettable characters, and also presents new heroes as they struggle to survive the cruelties of nature and the shortsighted selfishness of humankind, charming us once again with imagination, and recount traditional stories of rabbit mythology, embark on new adventures, heart, and wonder.

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Tales from Watership Down

Then we listen in as dandelion, relates the thrilling adventures experienced by Al-ahrairah, and his stalwart, the mythical rabbit hero, the rabbits' master storyteller, Rabscuttle, during the long journey home after their terrible encounter with the Black Rabbit of Inlé as narrated in Watership Down.

Finally, we are told eight enchanting stories about the rabbits of the Down-- Hazel, and their companions--including the impact on the warren of the obsessive doe Flyairth, Bigwig, in the principal part of the book, Fiver, and the appointment of Hyzenthlay as a female Chief Rabbit and partner to Hazel.

All readers-- the millions who remember watership down with the deepest affection, and also those for whom this volume will be their first encounter with the rabbits-- will find these nineteen tales utterly compelling, the fruit of Richard Adam's spellbinding narrative power and ability to conjure up a world that is at the same time both real and unreal.

Now richard adams returns, to tell us what happened to the rabbits after their defeat of General Woundwort. Tales from watership Down begins with some of the great folk stories well known to all rabbits. Used book in Good Condition. Vintage Books. Watership down was one of this century's best-loved works of imaginative literature.

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The Watership Down Colouring Book

Used book in Good Condition. Vintage Books.

The Plague Dogs

Thousands and thousands of people will love this book!"the boston globea lyrical, by the author of watersHIP DOWN, engrossing tale, a remarkable journey into the hearts and minds of two canine heroes, Richard Adams creates a lyrical and engrossing tale, Snitter and Rowf, fugitives from the horrors of an animal research center who escape into the isolation--and terror--of the wilderness.

From the Paperback edition. Used book in Good Condition. Vintage Books.

The Plague Dogs

Used book in Good Condition. Vintage Books. When one of the handlers fails to close rowf’s cage properly, the two dogs make a daring escape into the English countryside, where they befriend a red fox who helps them survive in the wild. Local farmers, scientists, politicians, and even the military join in the search to track them down.

An unforgettable tale of fantasy and adventure, a powerful exploration of the limits of human cruelty and kindness, The Plague Dogs stands as a modern-day classic. But as rumors circulate that the dogs may have been the test subjects for biological weapons and could be carrying a terrible plague, they soon find themselves targets of a great dog hunt.

. Rowf, and snitter, a black-and-white fox terrier, a shaggy black mongrel, are among dozens of animals being cruelly held in a testing facility in North West England.

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Used book in Good Condition. Vintage Books.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Vintage Books. Used book in Good Condition.

The Plague Dogs

Knopf, new york, 1978. Vintage Books. Used book in Good Condition. Hardcover, published by Alfred A.

Watership Down Blu-ray

With its naturalistic hand-drawn animation, gorgeously bucolic background design, and elegant voice work from such superb English actors as John Hurt The Elephant Man, and Denholm Elliott Raiders of the Lost Ark, dreamily expressionistic touches, Ralph Richardson The Fallen Idol, Richard Briers Much Ado About Nothing, Watership Down is an emotionally arresting, dark-toned allegory about freedom amid political turmoil.

Used book in Good Condition. With this passion project, screenwriter-producer-director Martin Rosen brilliantly achieved what was thought difficult, if not impossible: a faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams’s classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits seeking safety and happiness after their warren comes under terrible threat.

Shrink-wrapped. Vintage Books.

The Wind in the Willows Sterling Illustrated Classics

Vintage Books. Used book in Good Condition. This keepsake edition of kenneth Grahame's beloved novel features gorgeous art throughout, making it a must-have for every child's library. Sterling. Another beautiful book by renowned artist Robert Ingpen in the popular Sterling Illustrated Classics series. For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists--Mole, Mr.

. Toad, badger, and Ratty--have enchanted children of all ages. Shrink-wrapped. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, engaging in a comic caper, their stories are among the most charming in all English literature.