Primrose and Hazel go off to visit Primrose's old home, Redstone Warren, but Fiver has bad feelings about it, he also has a bad vision of a weasel coming to invade the warren. Bigwig makes the rabbits work hard to prepare for the invasion and Hawkbit moans that it is all Fiver's fault and that he is a curse. Upset, believing he brings bad luck to the warren, Fiver stays outside with hungry elil lurking. Will Hazel, back from his journey to Redstone, and Bigwig be able to convince him otherwise?
This book features in the following series: Alltime Classics, Watership Down .
There are 24 pages in this book.
This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).
This book was published in 2000 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .
DIANE REDMOND is the author of more than 45 books for young readers - including Here We Go! For the Corgi Yearling list - as well as a number of plays and TV scripts. She has three children. Author lives- Cambridge Richard Adams completed his first novel, WATERSHIP DOWN, in the mid-sixties; he had originally told the story to his children. The success of the novel enabled him to retire from the Civil Service and devote his time to writing. Richard Adams lives in the South of England.
This book contains the following stories:
Fiver's Bad Luck
Watership Down
This is a story about a group of rabbits in search of a home. Fiver has a gift - he can sense danger. Unable to convince the Chief Rabbit, Fiver leaves the warren with a group of rabbits in search of a safer home. Along the way they are tempted to join another warren - where food is plentiful - but on discovering the catch (food = snares) they leave in search of a better place. At Watership Down they establish their own warren but realise they need some girl rabbits for the colony to survive. A nearby warren has females, but a battle ensues with the established bucks. Eventually all is sorted and the two sides build a third warren between their camps and fill it with rabbits from both warrens.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Guardian Fiction Award
This book was recognised by the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Award. This award was founded in 1967 and winners are selected by fellow writers. It is awarded annually to fiction written for children aged eight and above.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
This book features the following characters:
Bigwig
This book features the character Bigwig.
Fiver
This book features the character Fiver.
General Woundwort
This book features the character General Woundwort.
Hazel
This book features the character Hazel.
Captain Campion
This book features the character Captain Campion.
