Book 5 in Stella Maidment and Graham Philpot's interpretation of The Wind In the Willows. Toad's getting a little keen on cars and Ratty and Mole decide to take him in hand, locking him in his room until he comes to his senses. But Toad escapes, steals a car and ends up in jail! Suitable for ages 3+ years.
This book features in the following series: Tales From Wind in the Willows, Tales From the Wind in the Willows .
There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1995 by Pavilion Books .
Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was a Scottish writer, most famous for one of the all-time classics of children's literature, The Wind in the Willows, as well as for The Reluctant Dragon. Stella Maidment worked as a children's book editor before embarking on a career as a writer. Her wide-ranging work includes storybooks, activity books and several re-tellings of children's classics. Lorna and Graham Philpot have been a successful creative team for some twenty years. Graham's work is respected around the world, not just for his children's book illustrations but also for his cartoons for major national newspapers.
This book contains the following story:
The Wind in the Willows
Mole is spring cleaning his home when Ratty persuades him that there is nothing so much fun as messing about on boats. The two set off In Ratty's row boat and picnic by the riverside, then spend days in Ratty's riverside home. One day they decide to visit Toad at Toad Hall. Toad persuades the two of them to join him in his lovely yellow caravan. All goes well until the caravan is knocked into the road by a passing motor car. Days pass and Mole tries and fails to persuade Ratty to take him to meet the elusive Badger, so he sets off on his own and gets lost in the Wild Wood. Ratty rescues him and they stay the night at Badger's House. Meanwhile Toad has become so obscessed with cars he'borrows' one from a courtyard and end up in prison. The jailer's daughter takes pity on him and helps him to escape dressed in her washerwoman's clothes. However whilst Toad has been in prison, stoats and weasels have taken over Toad Hall and in a final battle Badger, Ratty , Mole and Toad must eject them and reinstate Toad.
This book features the following character:
Mole
