The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

First published in the year 1908, the present children’s novel ‘The Wind in the Willows’ was written by Kenneth Grahame. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley.