Book description
Tales from Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adams's bestselling classic Watership Down, which won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
Adams returns to the vivid and distinctive world he created in that enduring work, reacquainting readers with the characters we know and love, including…
Why read it?
1 author picked Tales from Watership Down as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
While I don’t think it’s possible to have one favorite novel, anytime I need to list just one on an author questionnaire, I usually pick Watership Down; it’s one of the most brilliant books I’ve ever read, and one that rewards repeated rereads.
This collection does a great job of expanding the world of that novel, giving side characters more to do and expanding the mythology that permeates the novel, while the stories are memorable in their own right.
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