Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down', reads from his book in 2008 at the Whitchurch ... gerbils scampering over sand dunes. Richard George Adams was born in Newbury, England, on May 9 ...

It drew comparisons to The Wind in the Willows and other children's book with anthropomorphised animal characters. British author Richard Adams (pictured ... sung by Art Garfunkel, was released ...

Once upon a time there was a middle-aged civil servant who told his children a story about rabbits. The tale, designed to while away a long car journey, turned into a best-seller. Yet Richard ...

Once upon a time there was a middle-aged civil servant who told his children a story about rabbits. The tale, designed to while away a long car journey, turned into a best-seller. Yet Richard ...

Adams’s first book sold more than 50 million copies worldwide ... I simply wrote down a story I told to my little girls.” Richard George Adams was born May 9, 1920, in Newbury, a town in ...

Richard Adams, the author of the beloved 1972 children’s book “Watership Down,” has died at the age of 96. In a statement posted to the author’s website on Tuesday, Adams’ family ...