The beautifully written work, with its evocative descriptions of the countryside interspersed with exciting adventures, became a classic of english childrens literature. The vocabulary is decidedly not dick and jane, and a reader with a love of words will find new ones to treasure, even if wellequipped for the journey. The wind in the willows audiobook, by kenneth grahame. The wind in the willows audiobook listen instantly. Patrick bensons crosshatched drawings in this edition are so similar to ernest h. Kenneth grahames classic tale of mole, ratty, badger and toad abridged in 10 audio episodes and read by bernard cribbins. The wind in the willows audiobooks listen to the full series.
The wind in the willows, book of linked animal tales by british writer kenneth grahame that began as a series of bedtime stories for his son and was published in 1908. I still have my copy of the book and a wonderful recounting of the tale on a double vinyl lp set recorded in 1960. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The wind in the willows kenneth grahame englishereader. The wind in the willows is full of fun and adventures for the best friends. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Now, collecting ideas for stories my grandchild may love, i got this audiobook. Everything is new for the simple but stalwart mole. This free audio book is the wind in the willows in which kenneth grahame paints a vivid picture of life by the river bank for english gentlemen albeit with striking resemblances to toads, badgers, water voles and moles in the early twentieth century.
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