The Wind in the Willows-轻识

Book Description

The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, and while they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractive format will also encourage children to read for themselves. Like all Wordsworth Editions, these children's books represent unbeatable value.

The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle.

Amazon.com

If you ever feel like falling into a beautiful comic-book story--in the same way one falls back into a warm field of grass--reach for Michel Plessix's lush adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows. The artwork is an aquarelle, with thin, precise, detailed lines. It's no wonder he received numerous awards for his previous effort, Julien Boisvert, a contemporary take on the Tintin character type. In Wind in the Willows, Plessix breathes life into Mole, Rat, and Toad (of Toad Hall) as they picnic on the riverbank, indulge in Toad's latest fad, and get lost in Wild Wood. The pacing is masterful: each panel lingers just long enough to make you appreciate the simple pleasures of life.

From Booklist

Gr. 4^-6. In spirit, in style, and in technique, Benson's illustrations for The Wind in the Willows are first cousins to the book's original ink drawings by Ernest H. Shepard, which many consider so nearly perfect any new artwork is superfluous. However, from the endpaper maps to the quiet scenes of woods and riverbanks to the comical pictures of Toad's adventures, Benson's sensitive cross-hatched drawings offer excellent interpretations of characters and events. The best choice for any library would be to add this to the collection and let children choose the version that suits them. If they come across the other editions later, it will be like looking through a cousin's photos of a long-ago family reunion: so familiar and so full of beloved characters, yet seen from a slightly different perspective. Any way you look at it, this new edition will be treasured. Carolyn Phelan

From AudioFile

This classic adventure story, set in early twentieth-century Britain, features the lovable characters Rat, Toad, Mole, and Badger. Narrator Shelly Frasier's clear, pleasant voice carefully distinguishes these four creatures, and it's easy to keep their identities straight, though her throaty characterization of Ratty's voice occasionally makes one want to cough. However, Frasier must constantly switch from her native American accent to the British voices of her characters, which is somewhat distracting at first, though one gets used to it as the story moves along. The naughty toad is her best creation--she seems to understand his dreamy but destructive love of motor cars completely. J.C.G.

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

A linked series of animal tales by Kenneth Grahame, considered a classic of English children's literature. The book was begun as a series of bedtime stories for Grahame's son and was published in 1908. The tales relate the adventures of four animal friends and neighbors in the English countryside--Mole, Rat, Toad (of Toad Hall), and Badger. Although the animals converse and behave like humans, each creature also retains its distinctive animal habits.

Book Dimension :

length: (cm)19.8 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

[英]肯尼斯?格雷厄姆

1859年，肯尼斯?格雷厄姆出生于爱丁堡。他才刚满五岁，他的母亲就去世了。他被送到了贝克郡，在祖母的抚养下长大。在牛津的学校读书时，他的学习和体育成绩都相当出色。他原本计划毕业后前往牛津大学继续深造，然而这一计划却因家境的原因而未能实现。1879年，他成为了英格兰银行的一名文员。银行里的工作单调无趣，为了排遣心情，格雷厄姆开始写作，其作品很快就发表问世。1893年，他的第一本故事集《异教徒的文件》出版，紧接着，他又出版了两部选集《黄金年代》和《做梦的日子》。《柳林风声》原本是他给儿子阿里斯代尔（小名“老鼠”）写的睡前故事，后来，他又在写给儿子的信件中对这一故事进行了加工和修改。1908年，《柳林风声》出版，并最终成为风靡一时的畅销故事书。肯尼斯?格雷厄姆于1932年去世。

[澳]罗伯特?英潘

罗伯特?英潘生于1936年，是一名...

[英]肯尼斯?格雷厄姆

[澳]罗伯特?英潘

罗伯特?英潘生于1936年，是一名享誉全球的艺术家及作者。他在墨尔本学习了插画艺术；后创作、设计并绘制了多达一百多部小说及非小说类文学作品。1986年，他获得了“国际安徒生插画奖”，肯定了他为儿童文学所做出的不懈努力和伟大成就。近年来，经他手绘制的经典儿童作品包括：《金银岛》、《80天环游世界》、《皮诺曹》、《森林王子》和百年纪念版《彼德?潘和温迪》。