A book about the love of friends and the joys of existence
Sunday Times

A book about the love of friends and the joys of existence
Sunday Times

It is in the same category as Great Expectations or Tom Jones, because despite its brevity and its simplicity it has a deep strangeness which is never dulled by successive readings
Mark Haddon,

It is in the same category as Great Expectations or Tom Jones, because despite its brevity and its simplicity it has a deep strangeness which is never dulled by successive readings
Mark Haddon,

Now I have read it and reread it, and have come to accept the characters as old friends…. Indeed, I feel about going to Africa very much as the sea-faring rat did when he almost made the water-rat wish to forsake everything and start wandering!
Theodore Roosevelt,

Now I have read it and reread it, and have come to accept the characters as old friends…. Indeed, I feel about going to Africa very much as the sea-faring rat did when he almost made the water-rat wish to forsake everything and start wandering!
Theodore Roosevelt,

For generations of English children, the gentle adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, Toad and the other characters from The Wind In The Willows have been part of the magic of growing up; a world of innocence and simplicity too soon left behind
Daily Mail

For generations of English children, the gentle adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, Toad and the other characters from The Wind In The Willows have been part of the magic of growing up; a world of innocence and simplicity too soon left behind
Daily Mail

It is a book that breaks nearly every rule of modern children's fiction…it wasn't about fairies at the bottom of the garden, but it was about magic - just the right kind of magic. It thrills me still to read it.
Shirley Hughes, The Times

It is a book that breaks nearly every rule of modern children's fiction…it wasn't about fairies at the bottom of the garden, but it was about magic - just the right kind of magic. It thrills me still to read it.
Shirley Hughes, The Times

Rachel Courtenay-Pinfield 26 July 2011

The Wind in the Willows is an ultimate childhood read - and with good reason. Charmingly and poignantly written, the story follows Rat, Toad, Badger and Mole and their lives by the River. Toad of Toad Hall, an eccentric character, makes us laugh out loud, as his friend's attempt to clean up the chaos he wreaks wherever he goes. Entertaining for both children and adults, this book is a must read for all. Any TV series or film you have seen doesn't compare to reading this gorgeous little book in print!