The Wind in the Willows
A Fantasy, Fiction, Classics book. All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the...
Includes character guide, quiz, author info, springtime activities, and glossary"Ho! ho! I am the Toad, the motor-car snatcher, the prison-breaker, the Toad who always escapes!" Tired of spring cleaning, Mole ventures above ground into the warm sunshine, and happens upon his friend Ratty. Together they picnic on the sparkling, burbling river, brave the sinister Wild Wood in wintertime to visit the bad-tempered Badger, and take to the open road in a caravan with dear, silly old Toad. But when Toad's attention turns to motor cars, his reckless behavior goes from bad to worse. Badger, Rat, and Mole must save their friend from ruin, and Toad Hall from the clutches of the rascally Stoats and Weasels.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780099572947 / 0
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Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows // All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows // It'll be all right, my fine fellow," said the Otter. "I'm coming along with you, and I know every path blindfold; and if there's a head that needs to be punched, you can confidently rely upon me to punch it. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows //
It takes a mean adult to criticize a children's book; and a mean child to moralize a children's book, IMO. I was suspicious of this book when I was a kid. It's all, "Hey kids, here's a fun story about talking animals," right? And I was like no, this is just you banging on about trees. This is a pastoral poem in disguise. It's boring. This book is like the guy who comes into your classroom and sits backwards on a chair all, "Sammy the sock... Ok, second attempt at a review after the damn interwebs ate my last one. Luckily Im composing this one offline first.To me Kenneth Grahames _The Wind in the Willows_ is a particularly fine novel. Its a childrens story and normally that would get my back up. Im generally not a big fan of childrens lit or YA, and to add to this I didnt...
