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Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) was born in Edinburgh, but he spent most of his childhood with relatives in Berkshire as his mother had died and his father, unable to cope with the children, had gone to live in France. This time in Berkshire gave Kenneth an abiding love of the countryside, especially the upper part of the River Thames.

Grahame's first book was about paganism, a belief quite fashionable with certain writers at the end of the nineteenth century. However, success in writing came in the 1890s with books about children. He wrote for children because he saw them as 'the only really living people'. As well as writing, he worked for the Bank of England and was one of their youngest secretaries. He retired early—in 1907—and shortly afterward, in 1908, The Wind in the Willows, was published. This book offers an image of an idealized society and is full of characters are recognizable as some of the types of people we commonly meet in our lives.

Grahame's son, Alastair, nick-named Mouse, was the original audience for the stories that later became The Wind in the Willows. After Alastair's untimely death when still a student at Oxford, Kenneth Grahame became a bit of a recluse and lived quietly by the Thames until he died in 1932.

The Wind in the Willows has never been out of print and is perhaps one of the best-loved children's titles in English literature. Grahame's wonderful imagination and quiet humor continue to touch children today.

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	Annotated Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame from W. W. Norton and Co. Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Classic Tale of the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, retold by G. C. Barrett and illustrated by Don Daily abridged edition from Courage Books for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame from Ten Speed Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from Akadine Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish from SeaWolf Press for 3rd-6th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $7.61
	First Whisper of "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame, edited by Ellspeth Grahame from J.B. Lippincott Co.
	Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish from Ten Speed Press for 6th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Maxfield Parrish from SeaWolf Press for 6th-9th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $6.76
	Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame from Dover Publications for 6th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $7.61
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame from Holiday House for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $12.74
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame from Holiday House for 1st-4th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame from Holiday House for 1st-4th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame for 1st-4th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Reluctant Dragon (Adapted) by Kenneth Grahame from Usborne for Preschool-1st grade in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
	Seawolf Grahame Collection by Kenneth Grahame from SeaWolf Press in Boxed Sets & Literature Packages (Location: FIC-BOX)
	Tanglewood Tales / Wind in the Willows by Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kenneth Grahame from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows Reader's Digest World's Best Reading by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Paul Cox from Reader's Digest for 8th-Adult in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Peter Barrett from Golden Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard 75th Anniversary Edition from Atheneum for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $18.69
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Patrick Benson from St. Martin's Press for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from Charles Scribner's Sons Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Sterling Classics by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Scott McKowen Unabridged from Sterling Publishing Co. Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Everyman's Library Children's Classics by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Arthur Rackham from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $17.00
	Wind in the Willows Companion Library by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Roberta Carter Clark from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 10th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows Puffin Classics by Kenneth Grahame from Puffin Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $9.34
	Wind in the Willows Thrushwood Book by Kenneth Grahame from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows Children's Classics by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Paul Bransom from Longmeadow Press Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Anna Leplar from Parragon Publishing Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, abridged and illustrated by Inga Moore from Candlewick Press for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, abridged and illustrated by John Worsley from Lemon Tree Press Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from Aladdin Paperbacks for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Junior Deluxe Editions by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Tasha Tudor from Junior Deluxe Editions Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, abridged and illustrated by Inga Moore from Candlewick Press for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Helen Ward from Borders Press Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by John Burningham from Viking Kestrel Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Nancy Barnhart from Barnes & Noble Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by James Lynch from The Folio Society Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyck from The Folio Society Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Joanne Moss from Breslich & Foss Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Foreman from Harcourt Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from Methuen for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Arthur Rackham from Thunder Bay Press for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Helen Ward from Templar Books Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, edited by John Berseth from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard Reprint from Atheneum for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from IDW Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $16.99
	Wind in the Willows The Scribner Library Books for Young Readers by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard 1961 renewed copyright from Charles Scribner's Sons Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, abridged and illustrated by Eric Kincaid from Brimax Books for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Sebastian Meschenmoser from NorthSouth for 4th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Willow Leaf Library by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from Charles Scribner's Sons Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows A Language-Illustrated Classic by Kenneth Grahame, Michael Clay Thompson from Royal Fireworks Press for 4th-5th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Paul Bransom from SeaWolf Press Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $9.99
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Tasha Tudor from Collins Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Sterling Publishing Co. Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $21.24
	Wind in the Willows Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Calla Editions by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Justin Todd from Dover Publications for 3rd-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Heritage Illustrated Library by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Arthur Rackham from Heritage Press for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by David Stone from Golden Press Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Michael Hague from Holt, Rinehart and Winston Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Children's Classics by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Paul Bransom from Dilithium Press, Ltd. Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Wind in the Willows Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Dick Cuffari from Grosset & Dunlap Humorous Animal Fantasy for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wind in the Willows - Memoria Press Literature Set from Memoria Press for 8th grade in Memoria Press Literature & Poetry (Location: LITSG-MP) $33.06
	Wind in the Willows - MP Student Guide by Leigh Lowe from Memoria Press for 8th grade in Memoria Press Literature & Poetry (Location: LITSG-MP) $13.95
	Wind in the Willows - MP Student Guide (old) by Leigh Lowe from Memoria Press for 8th grade in Memoria Press Language Arts - Old Editions (Location: OLAN-MP) $8.00
	Wind in the Willows - MP Teacher Guide by Cheryl Lowe Second Edition from Memoria Press for 8th grade in Memoria Press Literature & Poetry (Location: LITSG-MP) $13.95
	Wind in the Willows Country Cookbook by Arabella Boxer, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard from Charles Scribner's Sons for 7th-Adult in Literary Cookbooks (Location: COOK-LIT)

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