The novel follows the adventures of several animals, including mole, rat, badger, toad, and their friends. Alternately slowmoving and fastpaced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals mole, rat a european water vole, toad, and badger in a pastoral version of edwardian england. The original wind in the willows at the oxford bodleian library view kenneth grahames handwritten manuscripts and e. Experience the timeless story of toad, rat, mole, and badger in a beautiful new unabridged, hardcover designed and illustrated by new york times bestselling author and eisner award winning creator david petersen mouse guard. With its subtle blend of anthropomorphism and verybritish humor, the book is a classic tale of river life and friendship. Jul 26, 2011 with a career in illustration spanning over 30 years, inga moore is a highly distinguished author and illustrator of childrens books, who has illustrated numerous classics to much critical acclaim, including kenneth grahames the wind in the willows, frances hodgson burnetts the secret garden and oscar wildes the canterville ghost. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the wind in the willows. Experience the timeless story of toad, rat, mole, and badger in a beautiful new hardcover designed and illustrated by new york times bestselling author and eisner award winning creator david petersen mouse guard. The wind in the willows is arguably kenneth grahams most famous novel, and has become a staple in childrens fiction and fantasy. With illustrations by david petersen grahame, kenneth, petersen, david on. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie, and. Buy the wind in the willows walker illustrated classics by kenneth grahame, inga moore, inga moore isbn.
The wind in the willows with biographical introduction and millions of other books are available for instant access. The wind in the willows 1908 was based on bedtime stories and letters to his son and it is where the characters rat, badger, mole and toad were created. Its easy to feel a sense of peace after completing fawzia gilanis cinderella. Penguins awardwinning art director paul buckley presents penguin threads, a series of penguin classics deluxe editions inspired by the aesthetic of handmade. The river bank and other stories from the wind in the willows book. Mar 17, 2017 the wind in the willows is a famous book about animals, by kenneth grahame. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sneaky toad easy reader classics by laura driscoll.
The wind in the willows is much more than a story from a bygone age. The chief characters mole, rat, and toad generally lead upbeat and happy lives, but their tales are leavened with moments of terror, homesickness, awe, madcap antics, and derringdo. The wind in the willows by kenneth grahame is a classic childrens book and is able to continually inspire children with its abundance of adventures and toads escapades. The wind in the willows, world abebooks shop for books. The wind in the willows childrens classics by barrett, g.
Like the other books for children selected for this series notably alices adventures in wonderland and kim the wind in the willows deserves recognition as a novel in which adult readers. This set of word cards includes key vocabulary from the story of the wind in the willows. The hardcover novel features illustrations from eisner awardwinning artist david petersen, who is best known for. Quarter vellum binding blocked in 22carat gold with vellum tips and paper sides blocked in three metallic foils. He retired from the bank right before the wind in the willows was published in 1908. I have read several different editions of wind in the willows to my children.
The wind in the willows illustration by inga moore i chose the wind in the willows in illustration because it show us that they have attract the pages of this childrens classic with their own visions of the story and also it show us the main characters are clearly recognizable as animals. One hundred years after it was first published, kenneth grahames masterpiece can be picked up and read to any young child, and it will have a mesmerizing effect. The wind in the willows, first edition, folio society abebooks. In addition to the main narrative, the book contains several independent short stories featuring rat and mole. The wind in the willows by kenneth grahame, signed abebooks. Original green cloth boards with rubbed gilt illustration and lettering. Parents need to know that the beautifully written, richly inventive adventures chronicled in kenneth grahames the wind in the willows are best for children with patience. When kenneth grahame wrote the wind in the willows for his son he created a masterpiece of childrens literature that can be equally enjoyed by adults. Although classed as childrens literature, the wind in the willows holds a gentle fascination for adults too. With a career in illustration spanning over 30 years, inga moore is a highly distinguished author and illustrator of childrens books, who has illustrated numerous classics to much critical acclaim, including kenneth grahames the wind in the willows, frances hodgson burnetts the secret garden and oscar wildes the canterville ghost. In 1930, milnes stage version was brought to another audience in toad of toad hall.
I got this book for my 9 yr old son and i realized that there is a lot of vocabulary in there that needed to be explained in order to enjoy this beautifully written amazing book. Theres a bit of violence when toad gets into a fight with the ferrets and weasels. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Library of canada and his other award winning books include the parade to. The wind in the willows kenneth grahame ebook 7,99. The wind in the willows 1983 animated tv movie by chris taylor.
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