Kenneth Grahame, Author, Inga Moore, Editor, Inga Moore, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $21.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0059-4
a makeover for mole Inga Moore's exquisite new color illustrations for The River Bank: And Other Stories from `The Wind in the Willows' situate Kenneth Grahame's classic story in a disarmingly pretty English countryside, from lush, leafy riverbed to
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Michael Hague, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $9.95 (41p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0802-9
Warm colors and visual details portray a lively medieval village and complement Grahame's expressive prose. Ages 8-11. (March)
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Michael Hague, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $26.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7237-2
Michael Hague illustrates three collections of time-proven tales. Originally published in 1910, Old Mother West Wind by Thornton W. Burgess introduces a group of enchanting woodland creatures, the Merry Little Breezes, Reddy Fox and Tommy Trout...
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Michael Foreman, Illustrator, Deborah Halverson, Editor Harcourt Children's Books $24 (240p) ISBN 978-0-15-216807-0
A few literary staples get a new look this season, while others are adapted and retold. Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad return in Kenneth Grahame's turn-of-the-20th-century classic, The Wind in the Willows (1908), newly illustrated by Michael Foreman.
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Ernest H. Shepard, Illustrator Holiday House $6.95 (57p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0755-2
Shepard's pristine ink illustrations adorn this 1938 edition of Grahame's story. Ages 8-11. (Mar.)
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Maryjane Begin, Illustrator Chronicle Books $19.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-58717-204-5
Mary Jane Begin illustrates the classic story of Mole, Badger, Rat and Toad, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Each chapter opens with a vignette and includes a full-page painting of a dramatic moment in the proceedings.
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Inga Moore, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $21.99 (182p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2242-8
Inga Moore's illustrations lend a luminous air to the tale of Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger and Rat in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, abridged by Moore. She uses delicate pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor wash to convey framed images of ...
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Kenneth Grahame, Author, Robert D. San Souci, Retold by, John Segal, Illustrator , illus. by John Segal. Scholastic/Orchard $16.95 (39p) ISBN 978-0-439-45581-7
For this elegantly designed volume, San Souci (The Talking Eggs
) breathes new life into the sword-and-scales genre with a snappy adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's 1898 short story. The book stars a most unusual dragon who prefers poetry, pacifism
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Kenneth Grahame, read by Andrew Wincott. Dreamscape Media, unabridged, 6 CDs, 7 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-5200-6857-2
A children’s standard for over a century is given a first class reading by actor Wincott. Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger are four lovable animal friends who live on the river. Together they enjoy a quiet life of picnics and boating. But adventures do...
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