Colin Dann is an English

English people

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 author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood

The Animals of Farthing Wood (book series)

The Animals of Farthing Wood is a series of eight books written by British author Colin Dann. The books tell the story of a group of woodland animals whose home has been paved over by developers. They learn of a nature reserve, White Deer Park, where they will be safe, and undertake to make the...

series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series.

Dann worked at the publishing firm William Collins, Sons & Co.

HarperCollins

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 for thirteen years, and his first novel, The Animals of Farthing Wood, was written during this period. The original cover for this and a dozen others was painted by Portal artist Frances Broomfield.

Books

Farthing Wood series

The Animals of Farthing Wood (book series)

The Animals of Farthing Wood is a series of eight books written by British author Colin Dann. The books tell the story of a group of woodland animals whose home has been paved over by developers. They learn of a nature reserve, White Deer Park, where they will be safe, and undertake to make the...

• The Animals of Farthing Wood (1979)
• In the Grip of Winter
  In the Grip of Winter
  In the Grip of Winter is the second book of The Animals of Farthing Wood series. It was first published in 1981, and later republished as part one of the first "Omnibus".-Plot summary:...
  
  (1981)
• Fox's Feud
  Fox's Feud
  Fox's Feud is the third book of The Animals of Farthing Wood series. It was first published in 1982 and has since been included in a single book with both The Fox Cub Bold and In the Grip of Winter and in the "Omnibus" edition .-Summary:...
  
  (1982)
• The Fox Cub Bold
  The Fox Cub Bold
  The Fox Cub Bold is the fourth book of The Animals of Farthing Wood series. It was first published in 1983 and has since been included in a single book with Fox's Feud and in the "Omnibus" edition with Fox's Feud and In the Grip of Winter.-Plot summary:Following the defeat of Scarface, Fox's son...
  
  (1983)
• The Siege of White Deer Park
  The Siege of White Deer Park
  The Siege of White Deer Park is the fifth book of The Animals of Farthing Wood series. It was first published in 1985 and has since been included in a single book with In the Path of the Storm and Battle for the Park in the "Second Omnibus" edition .-Plot summary:The animals of White Deer Park face...
  
  (1985)
• In the Path of the Storm
  In the Path of the Storm
  In the Path of the Storm is the sixth book of The Animals of Farthing Wood series. It was first published in 1989 and has since been included in a single book with The Siege of White Deer Park and Battle for the Park in the "Second Omnibus" edition .-Plot summary:The death of the Great Stag, leader...
  
  (1989)
• Battle for the Park
  Battle for the Park
  Battle for the Park is the seventh book of The Animals of Farthing Wood series. It was first published in 1992 and has since been included with The Siege of White Deer Park and In the Path of the Storm in the "Second Omnibus" edition .-Plot summary:The inhabitants of White Deer Park face a new...
  
  (1992)
• Farthing Wood - The Adventure Begins (1994)

King of the Vagabonds series

• King of the Vagabonds
• The City Cats
• Copycat

Other books

• Nobody's Dog
• The Ram of Sweetriver
• The Beach Dogs
• Just Nuffin
• A Great Escape
• Legacy of Ghosts

The Lions of Lingmere series

• Journey to Freedom
• Lion Country
• Pride of the Plains

External links

• SciFan Colin Dann Bibliography