Watership Down

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

This is a true modern classic of English language literature. On the surface, merely an adventure story featuring a group of anthropomorphized rabbits traveling cross-country to establish a new home for themselves in unknown territory, this story has a lot more depth than you might expect. The adventures of the rabbits, some uplifting and some terrifying, are interspersed with rabbit mythology tales, told from the lupine perspective. This book is filled with strong characters, fights between good and evil (and the grey areas in between), love, heroism, sacrifice and much, much more. Watership Down has been adapted into an animated movie (1978) which is fairly true to the book -- I'd caution against little kids watching, due to some fairly violent scenes. There's also a follow-up story collection Tales From Watership Down, but it's not as charming as the original novel. -- recommended by Scott C. - Bennett Martin Public Library

[Also available as a 1978 animated movie in VHS and DVD formats.][ semi-official Watership Down web site ] [ Richard Adams at Wikipedia ]

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