5/20/2023 0 Comments The wind in the willows story![]() ![]() Initially rejected by publishers, the story was adapted by A. Grahame had excelled at school but could not afford to go to university so worked as a clerk at the Bank of England and wrote in his spare time. These much-loved adventures began as bedtime stories and letters for Kenneth Grahame’s son, Alistair, inspired by Grahame’s childhood at Cookham Dene by the River Thames. Kenneth Grahame’s letters to his son, Alastair, on which the story is based, are in the Bodleian Library, Oxford and Grahame is buried in Oxford’s Holywell Cemetery. Author Neil Gaiman chose to be photographed as Badger for the Story Museum’s 2014 exhibition, 26 Characters, because Badger is brave and smart and grumpy and ‘has great hair’! ![]() The Wind in the Willows charms readers of all ages with its kindly and humourous insights into friendship, courage and loyalty. ![]() As Toad’s eccentric escapades become more extreme and land him in prison, the four friends have to hatch a plan to free Toad and recapture Toad Hall from mischievous weasels and stoats. The Wind in the Willows is a gentle story of four woodland creatures – Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad – and their adventures in the English countryside. ![]()
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