Buy this Book

Book Creators

Upcoming Events

  • None

Recent Blog Posts

These are the most recent 10 blog posts about Watership Down: A Novel in JacketFlap's Children's Publishing Blog Reader

Loading...

Subjects

Book Awards

Editorial Reviews

Editions

JacketFlap Sponsors

Spread the word about books.
Put this Widget on your blog!
  • Powered by JacketFlap.com

Are you a book Publisher?
Learn about Widgets now!

Watership Down: A Novel
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 483,835 Ratings and 19,894 Reviews

Book Description
Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be... More
Book Information
PublisherScribner Book Company
BindingPaperback (79 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages496
ISBN-100743277708
ISBN-13978-0743277709
Publication Date11/01/2005
Read the First Chapter of Watership Down for Free
The Creators
Picture
About Richard Adams (Author) : Richard Adams is a published author, editor, and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Richard Adams include The Plague Dogs: A Novel, Watership Do... more
View Richard Adams' profile
Videos
You must be a member of JacketFlap to add a video to this page. Please Log In or Register.
Reader Comments
6/2/2012 Allison Hunter-Frederick said:
For our family’s summer reading selection, I picked the mammoth four-hundred-page Watership Down by Richard Adams. Some novels will feel like an endurance test just four pages in. Without fail, whenever I read Watership Down, those four hundred pages feel to me like a summer holiday. My husband, w... more

tags: Richard Adams, Watership Down

Add your reply to Allison       

7/26/2010 Adam McPartlan said: Best book ever written by a great father to his daughters

Add your reply to Adam       

4/17/2010 Kate Russell said: The classic novel about rabbits escaping their threatened home and embarking on an adventure into the unknown. Brilliant.
tags: I recommend

Add your reply to Kate       

11/9/2008 Kathleen Elizabeth Peaua tagged as: Inspired me, I recommend, I read

Add your reply to Kathleen Elizabeth       

7/25/2008 David Michael Slater

Add your reply to David Michael       

1/15/2008 becca thorne said: Right up there with great expectations as one of the best.
tags: I love, I recommend, I read

Add your reply to becca       

8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

Add your reply to Elizabeth       

7/31/2007 Victoria Antonitis said: Just one of my many, favorite books!
tags: fanastic fiction, community power, rabbits

Add your reply to Victoria       

7/24/2007 Becky Gavney said: I love this book. It can be sad at times but also happy. It really makes you think of the animals point of view.
tags: I read

Add your reply to Becky       

4/5/2007 Little Willow tagged as: I Read

Add your reply to Little       

Log In or Register to leave a comment about this book.

Amazon US Reviews
Write a review on Amazon.com for this book
Amazon UK Reviews
Write a review on Amazon.co.uk for this book
Barnes & Noble Reviews
Write a review on Barnes & Noble for this book
Goodreads Reviews
Write a review on Goodreads for this book