I was thrilled to find a sequel to The Wind in the Willows, so picked this book up. Although I thought it odd to be by another author, W. Horwood, instead of K. Grahame. I have mixed feelings about this book. At times, it was difficult to read....to follow as the vocabulary and writing was not...
Well, now I've read this last book of the Wind in the Willows series and feel a nice, cozy sense of closure-except the library didn't have Toad Triumphant. Funny thing is, yesterday I found it in the vintage children's books section of Half-Price Books! (Hardcover, with dust jacket, can I get ...
The third book of Horwoods sequels to Grahams book.Once more, for me, he recaptured all the joy,magic and good humour. After a few lines I so can fall into this unforgettable world of Toad Hall, The River Bank , the Wild Wood again.I love Grahams book and thankful to Horwood he is bringing back ...
With his book "The wind in the willows" Graham greated a book in which the animals are not really animals at all. They are physically of course, but they are dressed as humans, living like humans ( despite the Badger lives in the Wild Wood, Ratty on the River Bank and Mole at Mole End and Toad at...