The Animals of Farthing Wood: The Adventure Begins

There had always been otters in the stream running through Farthing Wood—and that had never been a problem for the other animals before but when there is a shortage of fish in the stream, the otters are forced to hunt on land. The otters are taking valuable prey, and the foxes and other Farthing Wood animals have to compete for food. Lean Vixen is determined to protect her family from starvation, and that means deciding on a plan to drive the otters out once and for all. An extra section in the back of the book offers more than 20 pages of interesting facts, activities, a quiz, author info, and more.

Colin Dann is the author of The Animals of Farthing Wood which was an immediate success, and has been translated into 16 languages. Six sequels and a prequel have followed and in 1992 an animation series appeared on BBC television.