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  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446480762
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

In The Grip Of Winter





His feet skidded and he went hurtling down, unable to stop himself. At the bottom of the slope was a large rock . . . Another gripping adventure of the animals of Farthing Wood by award-winning author Colin Dann

In the depths of winter, with snow thick on the ground, Badger lies alone and injured. No one knows where he is, and the icy cold is tightening its grip every second.

What will happen to Badger? And can the other animals of Farthing Wood survive the harsh cold and piercing hunger that winter has brought?

  • Published: 30 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446480762
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

About the author

Colin Dann

Colin Dann was born in Richmond, Surrey in 1943. He worked for a large textile company before landing a job in publishing at William Collins in London. During this time, he wrote his first book THE ANIMALS OF FARTHING WOOD which was an immediate success, winning the Arts Council of Great Britain's National Book Award for Children's Literature and has been translated into sixteen languages. Six sequels and a prequel have followed and in 1992 a major animation series, based on the Farthing Wood stories appeared on BBC television. He lives with his wife in a on the Sussex/Kent border.

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