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  • Published: 3 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241683118
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $65.00

Watership Down: The Graphic Novel



A breathtaking graphic novel of Richard Adams's masterpiece Watership Down, adapted and illustrated by James Sturm and Joe Sutphin

Watership Down: The Graphic Novel captures Richard Adams's epic tale of courage, friendship, hope, and survival. Spectacularly adapted by award-winning author James Sturm and gorgeously illustrated by bestselling artist Joe Sutphin.

Every page of this adaptation is a loving tribute to Richard Adams's masterpiece - Andrew Peterson, author of The Wingfeather Saga.

For more than 50 years, Watership Down has charmed readers across the world, and now this highly anticipated graphic novel adaptation is set to delight devoted readers and bring this beloved classic to a new generation.

Every rabbit that stays behind is in great danger. We will welcome any rabbit who joins us.

  • Published: 3 January 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241683118
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $65.00

About the author

Richard Adams

Richard Adams was born in 1920 and later went on to study at Worcester College, Oxford (of which he was a Scholar). He served for five and a half years in the army during the Second World War and then joined the higher civil service in Whitehall. He is most well known as the author of Watership Down, published in 1972, which won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for Children's Literature.

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Praise for Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

James Sturm and Joe Sutphin have managed to draw out the heart of this classic, brilliantly adapting it into the graphic novel form. A wonderful way for new readers to discover the story and for hardened fans to reconnect with Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, and the gang.

Joseph Coelho, Waterstones Children’s Laureate, 2022–2024

Watership Down is my favourite book, and I consider it to be one of the very greatest books of all time.

SF SAID, author of Varjak Paw and Tyger

An absolute masterpiece. Whether or not you've read the original, you will be pulled into this visually mind-blowing story that was created with so much care and heart.

Tillie Walden, creator of Clementine

An immersive, breathtaking visual experience that carries readers through all the danger and beauty of this literary classic. Mark my words: this version of Watership Down will be just as influential as the original.

Nate Powell, award-winning cartoonist of the March trilogy and Save It for Later