If what gripped you in The Animals of Farthing Wood was Fox marshaling the oath-bound creatures toward White Deer Park—braving roads that doomed the hedgehogs and skirting hunters like those who killed the pheasants—then Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig’s desperate journey to found a warren on Watership Down will hit the same nerve. From the snare-laced trap of Cowslip’s warren to the showdown with General Woundwort, the mission never lets up, giving you that same momentum and resolve that carried Badger, Toad, and Adder across every obstacle.

If you loved traveling with a whole society of voices—Fox’s level head, Adder’s chill menace, Kestrel’s keen eye, Weasel’s antics—then the secretive community led by Nicodemus (with stalwarts like Justin and Brutus) will scratch that itch. As Mrs. Frisby seeks help to move her home—much as the Farthing Wood oath forces everyone to pool skills—the rats’ complex teamwork, ethics, and problem-solving echo the group dynamics that carried the animals past bulldozers and poisoned streams.

If the heart of Farthing Wood for you was the environmental stakes—woods razed, ponds drained, poison in the water—then Kester Jaynes’s race to save the last surviving animals from a man-made catastrophe will resonate. As Fox guided the refugees toward White Deer Park, Kester, who can communicate with animals, forms a scrappy alliance and faces corporate threats and a mysterious plague, channeling the same ecological alarm and desperate hope that sent Toad back to lead the way.

If the Oath of Mutual Protection and the hard lessons—like the pheasants’ fate or the hedgehogs on the road—left you pondering what we owe one another and the wild, Bambi offers that same moral clarity and awe. As Bambi learns about "He" (humans) and the cost of survival, the book balances tenderness with frankness, much like Farthing Wood’s insistence on loyalty, restraint (even predators honoring the oath), and respect for the living world.

If you’re chasing that lump-in-the-throat feeling—like reaching White Deer Park after casualties and then seeing Fox find Vixen—this trio’s odyssey across the Canadian wilderness delivers. The Labrador, bull terrier, and Siamese cat face hunger, a river crossing, even a bear, and the final homecoming resonates with the same earned emotion that followed every sacrifice on the Farthing Wood trek.