The Wind in the Willows (Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series) - Hardcover

Grahame, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679418024 ISBN 13: 9780679418023

Publisher: Everyman's Library USA, 1993

Synopsis

A children's classic comes to life in an enchanting dramatization narrated by Alan Bennett. Enter the world of the great river and meet the marvelous riverbank animals: the poetic Rat, his friend Mole, and the boastful Toad, as they voyage down the river and into the Wild Wood to great adventures! This exclusive BBC production features a full cast, authentic sound effects and sweeping music to warm hearts young and old.
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Review:

Mole "thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the "Life Adventurous". Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society-hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other (mostly) well-meaning creatures. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12)

Review:

"It is what I call a Household Book . . . a book which everybody in the household loves, and quotes continually ever afterwards; a book which is read aloud to every new guest."
-A. A. Milne

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman's Library USA
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679418024
• ISBN 13: 9780679418023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Rackham Arthur