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Tales from Watership Down by Richard Adams
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Tales from Watership Down (original 1996; edition 1998)

by Richard Adams

Series: Watership Down (2)

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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 Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah. These compelling tales include all-new adventures, with the younger generation of rabbits eager to find out about the heroic age that existed before they were born.

Enchanting us once again with stories of courage and survival, the millions of readers who enjoyed Watership Down now have the chance to re-enter this unique and spellbinding world.

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Title:Tales from Watership Down
Authors:Richard Adams
Info:Puffin Books (1998), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 272 pages
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Years after reading this, it has melded in my mind with 'Watership Down: A Novel' so I cannot remember what memories came from which book. ( )
  mykl-s | Dec 30, 2022 |
I would only recommend Tales from Watership Down for those that read and enjoyed Watership Down. The first half of this book contains short stories from the rabbit mythology, many of which were referenced in the first book. They are only slightly entertaining and have no overarching plot.

The second half follows our original rabbits and their life after defeating General Woundwart. Better than the first half however even these felt rushed and lacked the magical feelings the first book elicited. Then the book abruptly ends. What?

It took me nearly two months to read this as I could only stay interested for a chapter at a time. Overall this was a disappointment and felt more like capitalizing on the success of Watership Down than having anything new or interesting to add. ( )
  NicholeReadsWithCats | Jun 17, 2022 |
Heavily relies on the reader having read the novel Watership Down prior.

The first two parts focus on the bunny folk-hero, El-Alhrairah and his adventures. The last part is a story sequence cum novella about events in and around Watership Down after the close of the novel.

If you hankered for more rabbit adventures after the novel, this is the book for you. I liked the folk tales more than the new adventures of Watership Down. As I've no doubt mentioned before, language, history and legend are prime elements of convincing world building and Adams grasped this. ( )
  Arbieroo | Jul 17, 2020 |
This was an enjoyable collection of short stories about the rabbits of Watership Down. We get to read about what they were up to before the end of the first book which caused me no end of tears. I honestly have to say that reading about El-ahrairah in the first story was fine, but after that I found myself getting bored. The book didn't pick up for me until we were following Hazel, Fiver, and the others who were setting into Watership Down.

I do think it was good to see how the rabbits were tested due to a cruel winter, a female rabbit who used to be the Oswla who disagrees with Hazel and others, and a former rabbit who still feels some sway to General Woundwort.

I still have to hard pause when reading this book sometimes to figure out what the rabbits mean when referring to certain things. This book came with a dictionary in the back though which was helpful.

The setting of Watership Down still feels magical to me in this one. We have the rabbits being led by Hazel-rah and how the warren seems to work due to all of them working together at all times. The stories mentioned above though do test the rabbits at times. I really wish that Adams had included a story of Watership Down after the death of Hazel though.

The ending was a little flat to me. I just felt like the stories as a whole didn't flow very well from one to the other. I was expecting something better or a bigger picture to the plot. ( )
  ObsidianBlue | Jul 1, 2020 |
I liked this little follow up to Watership Down. Although clearly intended as a companion book and not another journey-epic on par with the first, it was an interesting extention. I liked reading more about the trickster rabbit's exploits, although some adventures were a little odd and confusing, compared to the more traditional ones of the first book. The Watership Down warren stories were not especially exciting, but still fun little glimpses of the future.

My feminist side did appreciate Hyzenthlay being named co-Chief though. I always liked her. ;) ( )
  booksong | Mar 18, 2020 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Adams, RichardAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Keith, RonNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lawrence, JohnCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Russell, MikeCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stetzko, AntonCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Classic Literature. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. HTML:

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 Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah. These compelling tales include all-new adventures, with the younger generation of rabbits eager to find out about the heroic age that existed before they were born.

Enchanting us once again with stories of courage and survival, the millions of readers who enjoyed Watership Down now have the chance to re-enter this unique and spellbinding world.

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This collection contains a mixture of stories of El-ahrairah, the great rabbit hero, and stories of the lives of the rabbits of Watership Down. Several of the El-ahrairah stories mentioned but not related in WATERSHIP DOWN are told here, including four that took place on his return from the warren of the Black Rabbit. The El-ahrairah stories are: "The Sense of Smell"; "The Story of the Three Cows"; "The Story of King Fur-Rocious"; "The Fox in the Water"; "The Hole in the Sky"; "The Story of the Comical Field"; "The Story of the Great Marsh"; "The Story of the Terrible Hay-Making"; "El-ahrairah and the Lendri".

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