Animals of Farthing Wood

The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann

• Romance?   No
• Adventure? Yes-animals fighting each other sort of adventure
• Mystery? No
• Sports? No
• Controversy? No
• History? No
• Princesses? No
• Violence? Yes! There is fighting and animals die.
• Sad? The end is sad, but we think the last book will make things right. There are seven in the series.
• Religion? No.
• Particularly Original? This is very much a Redwall sort of book. Talking animals. Fighting over the woods, but it is really, really well done.
• Out of Print? No! And it's available on Kindle.
• Terrible Cover? No. Good cover!!!
• Age Recommendation? 8 and up.

The Upshot (by Calvin):

 I really like this book because it's about animals, but I also like it because you really feel the feelings of the characters. You like the good characters a lot, and you don't like the bad characters. The story is about animals who live in a forest that is a wildlife reserve, because the otters who live there are the last otters in the land (they are endangered). The otters know this — they know that they have power in this world — so they are prideful. They begin feeding on the animals in the forest, and the other animals get mad at them because they are stealing their prey. The other animals begin to fight back, but they have to be careful. Without the otters, Farthing Wood would be cut down and destroyed...

We highly recommend this book and look forward to reading the rest of the series!