Watership Down
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Book Description
Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be... More
Book Information
Publisher | Puffin Books |
Binding | Audio Cassette (79 editions) |
Reading Level | All Ages |
# of Pages | 4 |
ISBN-10 | 0140866922 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0140866926 |
Publication Date | 11/27/1997 |
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About Neville Teller (Editor) : I am a long-time BBC radio dramatist, and radio and audio abridger. My work encompasses all sorts of genres, including a great deal for children. My article on "Children's Literature on Radio and Au... more
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About Andrew Sachs (Narrator) : Andrew Sachs is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Andrew Sachs include Troll Mill, A Christmas Carol (Read & Listen Books), ... more
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6/2/2012 Allison Hunter-Frederick said:
tags: Richard Adams, Watership Down
For our family’s summer reading selection, I picked the mammoth four-hundred-page Watership Down by Richard Adams. Some novels will feel like an endurance test just four pages in. Without fail, whenever I read Watership Down, those four hundred pages feel to me like a summer holiday. My husband, w... more
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7/26/2010 Adam McPartlan said: Best book ever written by a great father to his daughters
4/17/2010 Kate Russell said: The classic novel about rabbits escaping their threatened home and embarking on an adventure into the unknown. Brilliant.
tags: I recommend
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1/15/2008 becca thorne said: Right up there with great expectations as one of the best.
tags: I love, I recommend, I read
tags: I love, I recommend, I read
7/31/2007 Victoria Antonitis said: Just one of my many, favorite books!
tags: fanastic fiction, community power, rabbits
tags: fanastic fiction, community power, rabbits
7/24/2007 Becky Gavney said: I love this book. It can be sad at times but also happy. It really makes you think of the animals point of view.
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