1. View the movie version of The Neverending Story. Ende disliked the film and demanded that his name be removed from the credits. What do you think were his reasons?

2. Roswitha Quadflieg's illustrations appear on the cover and begin each chapter. Do you like them? How would you have illustrated the cover and one of the chapters?

3. Some critics have compared The Neverending Story to Watership Down by Richard Adams. Others have compared the book to works by Ursula Le Guin, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. Read a novel by one of these writers and compare it to The Neverending Story.

4. Atreyu, Bastian, and Falkor visit the fountain containing the Water of Life.

Where else does Ende use water to represent life? Have you seen other authors use water in the same way? If so, which authors, and...