Kenneth Grahame

"Meet Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger in this timeless adventure that has enchanted generations of children. This beloved childhood classic by Kenneth Grahame is now available in a stunning gift book edition with dazzling new art. One spring day, Mole peers out from his underground home to find a marvellous world awaits him. As the seasons pass, he picnics on the riverbank with Ratty, accompanies Toad on a chaotic caravan adventure, and even braves the...

Toad's escapades with a motor-car land him in jail.

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

"An adaptation of everyone's favorite song from The Wind in the Willows."--Cover.

Tradition says that dragons come in many shapes and sizes but they all breathe fire, whisk fierce, scaly tails and frighten local villagers. Whenever they can, they capture princesses and take them to their caves. But this is not always the case. In these four stories, the authors introduce some very different kinds of dragons. One, for example, just wants to sit quietly in his cave and write poetry and really doesn't want to fight St. George; in...

Toad is not a bad guy. It's just that he really, really loves cars. And whenever he finds out how fast a car can go, Toad tends to end up in trouble.

In addition to remarkable notes on automobiles (Toad drove an Armstrong Hardcastle Special Eight), picnics, Gypsies, caravans, old English mansions, peculiar dukes, and even modern manifestations (Disney's "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride"), scholar Annie Gauger has uncovered extraordinary new material on Kenneth Grahame, his troubled family life, and the origins of the story. Her preface puts Grahame's work in historical and literary context, and she provides...

The further escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.