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CLASSIC WIND IN THE WILLOWS


Pavilion Classics

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No. of pages 189

Published: 1997

Great for age 7-10 years

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First published in 1908, Kenneth Grahame''s s tory of the riverbank adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger and the exasperating Toad has become a true classic of Engli sh literature, loved by children and adults alike. '

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Pavilion Classics, The Wind in the Willows .

This book is aimed at children in preschool+.

This book has been graded for interest at 4 years.

There are 189 pages in this book. This book was published in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers .

The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.

 

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 is in the following series:

Pavilion Classics

The Wind in the Willows

This book has been nominated for the following award:

BBC Book Awards - Big Read Top 100
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.