Yoto Says: Kenneth Grahame created the characters as bedtime stories for his son Alastair, and they’ve been beloved by children the world over ever since.
First published in 1908, The Wind in the Willows belongs to a golden age of children’s books. These charming tales of the riverbank, describing the adventures of Ratty, Mole, Badger and their irrepressible but conceited friend, Toad of Toad Hall, have become classics loved as much, perhaps, by adults as by children.
This is an abridged version of the story.