The Wind in the Willows
Author    Kenneth Grahame
Genre      Children's novel
Country     United Kingdom
The Wind in the Willows, a linked series of animal tales by Kenneth Grahame, considered a classic of English children’s literature. The book was begun as a series of bedtime stories for Grahame’s son and was published in 1908. The tales relate the adventures of four animal friends and neighbours in the English countryside—Mole, Rat, Toad (of Toad Hall), and Badger. Although the animals converse, philosophize, and behave like humans (Toad drives a motorcar, for example, though badly), each creature also retains its distinctive animal habits.