Wind in the Willows

(1908) A classic children's fantasy by the British writer Kenneth Grahame. Originally intended only as bedtime stories for his son, this idyllic tale of the English countryside and river banks chronicles the adventures of Mr. Toad, Mole, Rat, and their friend, Badger.

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The Dec. 14 Wednesday Opinion column “To build a delightful library for kids, start with these books” surprisingly left out Kenneth Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows,” and Mole, Ratty, Badger, Mr. Toad “simply messing about in boats” and all their simple, outlandish and daring adventures.

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At age 7, however, while recovering from illness, he was read “The Wind in the Willows,” not once, but, at his request, two or three times.

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Maybe “The Wind in the Willows” should be included in a child’s library both for delight and to see what it might inspire now.

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Later Rankin/Bass collaborations included the 1980s TV series “ThunderCats” and the 1987 TV movie “The Wind in the Willows.”

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Harry sang in a short-lived, bucolic hippie band called Wind in the Willows, and was “sort of a hippie” herself, she said.

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