The Wind in the Willows

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Author: Kenneth Grahame
Genre: Children's
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The Wild Wood seems a terrifying place to Mole, until he finds it's full of friends - kind, sleepy Badger; brave and lively Ratty; and the irresponsible Mr Toad, famous for his wealth and his car smashes. A very funny story about friendship, silly japes and messing about in boats - with beautiful illustrations.


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    I keep it still, in a corner. The pages are thick and irregular, as you would expect from an edition from 1916. As happened later – with Dickens, and the Iliad – my father picked it up in an empty...