The Animals of Farthing Wood - Hardcover

Dann, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434934305 ISBN 13: 9780434934300

Publisher: Heinemann Young Books, 1979

Synopsis

First published in 1979, this is the story of how a group of animals, led by Fox, band together and set off on a perilous journey to find a new home, when Farthing Wood is destroyed. This forms the basis for the first 13 episodes of the television series.

About this title

Book Description:

Both heart-wrenching and heart-warming, The Animals of Farthing Wood is a classic animal story of adventure and the fight for survival.

About the Author:

Colin Dann was born in Richmond in 1943. After leaving the local Grammar School he worked first for a large textile company before his real love – the world of books – brought him a job in publishing at William Collins in London where he worked as a manager in the Fontana paperback division. During this time, in odds hours at home, he wrote his first book The Animals of Farthing Wood which was published finally in 1979 by William Heinemann after several rejections. It was an immediate success, winning the Arts Council of Great Britain’s National Book Award for Children’s Literature and has been translated into sixteen languages. The book has never been out of print since first publication. Six sequels and one prequel have followed and enjoyed similar success. In 1992 a major animation series, based on the Farthing Wood stories and funded by the European Broadcasting Union, appeared on BBC television and simultaneously across Europe, attracting critical acclaim and great popularity. Colin has been a leading children’s author for more than thirty years. In addition to the Farthing Wood books he has written many other animal stories including a trilogy about a pride of African lions. He is married and lives with his wife Susie in a converted Oast House on the Sussex/Kent borders.

Paul is a multi award winning iconic actor, performer and writer who has been involved in many of the best-loved comedy shows of the last twenty years including Film, Television and Radio. His roles and writing extend to The Fast Show; Happiness; Nurse; Harry and Paul; Help; David Copperfield; Finding Neverland; Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland among numerous others. Awards include several Bafta and Comedy awards. In 2013 Paul won the Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award at the British Comedy Awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Young Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0434934305
• ISBN 13: 9780434934300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 302
• Illustrator: Tettmar Jacqueline