The Wind in the Willows - I. THE RIVER BANK
by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame will always be dear to me, for the role he played in my life while I was learning to read. I can still remember The Wind in the Willows perched upon the book shelf. I encountered it in that period of life where my mother was no longer reading stories out loud to me, my brother and my sister. While I could read simple books, the "big books" were out of my range. But I was drawn to the color illustrations and the lively characters, in The Wind in the Willows; particularly with the idea toads and badgers could talk. The desire to learn what they were saying to each other was a burning motivation that drove me to read. I can still remember the cloth binding on that book, and the discovery that though Mr. Toad loved to drive, he was, in fact, a terrible driver.
by Kenneth Grahame
The Scottish author Kenneth Grahame (8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) is best known for his endearing children's classic The Wind in the Willows (1908). He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon (1898).
Kenneth Grahame will always be dear to me, for the role he played in my life while I was learning to read. I can still remember The Wind in the Willows perched upon the book shelf. I encountered it in that period of life where my mother was no longer reading stories out loud to me, my brother and my sister. While I could read simple books, the "big books" were out of my range. But I was drawn to the color illustrations and the lively characters, in The Wind in the Willows; particularly with the idea toads and badgers could talk. The desire to learn what they were saying to each other was a burning motivation that drove me to read. I can still remember the cloth binding on that book, and the discovery that though Mr. Toad loved to drive, he was, in fact, a terrible driver.
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