The Wind in the Willows (HarperCollins Children's Classics)

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This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf. Mole has had enough of spring-cleaning, thank you very much. He crawls outside his comfortable home, pops into the sunlight and beholds the strangest and newest of things - a river! - and, sitting upon it, a waiting boat. So begin the timeless adventures of Mole and the companions he meets along the way: jaunty Ratty, naughty Toad and oh-so-mysterious Badger. Together they will get into all sorts of scrambles and scrapes that will take them from the Wild Wood to the Wide World beyond . . . For more than a century, these endearing woodland animals have charmed readers of all ages with their very human tale of friendship, loyalty and laughter. Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.

Kenneth Grahame, 1859-1931, English author. He was a secretary in the Bank of England from 1908 until 1918. His works, noted for their humour and charm, include The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898), scenes of his childhood in England, and the children's classic The Wind in the Willows (1908). Grahame also compiled the Cambridge Book of Poetry for Young People (1916).