This book forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature. 'The Wind in the Willows' is a true classic of Children's literature, penned by Kenneth Grahame and first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the English Thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality...

When a little man reappears to claim the first-born child promised him by the Queen in exchange for his help in spinning straw to gold, he gives her a chance to keep the child if she guesses his name.

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

A beautiful girl with long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

A busy hen's lazy friends, though unwilling to help her plant or harvest her wheat, are eager to help eat the bread she makes from it.

This version of the classic tale features large type and two pages of pre-reading activities.