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The Battle for
Badger's Wood
Sensitively combining humour and pathos,
the story follows the events which lead the animals of Badger's Wood to unite
with conservationists in a glorious fight against the developers who would rob
them of their homes.
1974 Cassell
& Co Ltd
1983 PEP Ltd
1984 PEP Ltd
ISBN 0 304 29428
4
ISBN 0 946432 00 7
ISBN 0 946432 05 8
(schools edition)
1984
Serialised in Woman's Own
1987 Polka Children's Theatre. Adaptation
by John Laing. (Five week run with extra, unscheduled performances by
demand)
1975/84 Foreign language rights sold to: Finland, Germany and
Denmark
Used as a set text in many schools
Fly, bird!
Fly!
The story is an odyssey; detailing a breathtaking,
heart stopping journey of six thousand miles, made by a flock of Swallows on
their annual migration to Africa, during which their survival depends upon
fighting the elements and man every inch of the way.
1984 PEP Ltd
ISBN 0 946432 01 5
1985 Foreign
language rights to Denmark
Also used extensively in schools
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prohibited without the express written permission of Frederick Covins.
All photographs and illustrations © Frederick
Covins