TY - BOOK AU - Grahame,Kenneth AU - Morrill,Leslie H. AU - Sale,Roger TI - The wind in the willows T2 - Bantam classic SN - 0553213687 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Dell KW - Animals KW - Fiction KW - Conduct of life KW - Friendship N2 - Since its first publication in 1908, generations of adults and children have cherished Kenneth Grahame's classic, The wind in the willows. For in this entrancing, lyrical world of gurgling rivers and whispering reeds live four of the wisest, wittiest, noblest, and most lovable creatures in all literature -- Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall. Like true adventurers, they glory in life's simplest pleasures and natural wonders. But it is Toad, cocky and irrepressible in his goggles and overcoat, whose passion for motorcars represents the free and fearless spirit in all of us; just as it's Toad's downfall that inspires the others to test Grahame's most precious theme -- the miracle of loyalty and friendship ER -