The Wind in the Willows

<p><b>A gorgeous flapped paperback edition of the beloved English classic featuring Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad.</b></p><p>Spring is moving in the air above and Mole can no longer resist its song. Leaving his quiet home behind, he discovers a magnificent new world along the riverbank. Here he befriends loyal, steadfast Rat, wise Badger and good-natured yet impulsive Toad.</p><p>Together under the glistening sun, they enjoy all that the countryside has to offer. Boating on the river, picnics in the afternoon and even a caravan trip on the open road. But trouble starts to bew when Toad falls under the spell of a dangerous motorcar obsession. And as his friends try to save him, even darker problems creep from the shadowy Wild Wood and the unknowable Wide World beyond...</p><p><b>Part of the new Pushkin Children's Classics series of thrilling, magical and inspiring stories from around the world, which young readers will return to time and again.</b></p><p>Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was born in Scotland but raised in England by his grandmother. He worked at the Bank of England for thirty years, writing books in his spare time. <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>, his masterpiece, began as a series of stories told to his son, either at bedtime or in letters sent home from Grahame's solitary boating holidays.</p>