After their legendary journey out of danger and into the safe haven of White Deer Park, the animals of Farthing Wood look forward to getting used to their new life in the nature reserve. But winter is drawing in: the nights are colder and food for the animals is scarce. Other animals in the park are unfriendly and want to make trouble, and around the Park there are the perils of hunters' traps, as well as humans and their machines. Will life ever return to normal for the animals of Farthing Wood...?

In the depths of winter, Badger lies alone and injured - and the frost is tightening its grip. The author also wrote Fox Cub Bold, Fox's Feud, The Siege of White Deer Park, In the Path of the Storm, The Adventures of Mole and The Adventures of Toad.

ANIMALS OF FARTHING WOOD: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS by Colin Dann is the exciting prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood which takes the reader right back to the very beginning. There had always been otters in the stream running through Farthing Wood - and that had never been a problem for the other animals before but when there is a shortage of fish in the stream, the otters are forced to hunt on land.The otters are taking valuable prey and the foxes and other Farthing Wood animals have to compete for food. Lean Vixen is determined to protect her family from starvation, and that means deciding on a plan to drive the otters out once and for all.

The first two stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood have been bro ught together in one, value for money bind-up. In the prequel to The A nimals of Farthing Wood, THE ADVENTURE BEGINS we meet an earlier gener ation of animals whose descendants will make their epic journey from F arthing Wood to White Deer Park. Then read how the animals survived th eir first and harshest winter away from Farthing Wood in IN THE GRIP O F WINTER.

This collection of three Farthing Wood animal stories feature "The Siege of White Deer Park", "In the Path of the Storm" and "Battle for the Park".