The Wind in the Willows (HB)
Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows byKenneth Graham has charmed children and adults for more than a hundred years.
Sebastian Meschenmoser's lush and expressive watercolor and oil painting illustrations bring a fresh look to this unabridged and beloved classic about Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger.
Like the gurgling river in the Wild Wood itself, readers will be joyfully swept along to join the antics of these animal friends as they try to keep the irrepressible and fast car driving Toad out of trouble in one of the greatest tales of adventure and camaraderie ever told. Meschenmoser thrills readers with more than one hundred watercolor vignettes and twelve oil paintings capturing the emotions and essence of these lovable characters.
Product Information
Kenneth Grahame became a writer in 1879 as a means of distraction from his dull banking job. He wrote The Wind in the Willows for his son Alistair. Originally published in 1908, The Wind in the Willows has never gone out of print.
Sebastian Meschenmoser was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1980. He studied fine arts in Mainz, Germany. His illustrations were chosen from more than 2,700 entries and presented at the Children's Book Fair in Bologna in recognition of him being one of the most innovative new illustrators. As an accomplished artist with several exhibitions to his name, Sebastian Meschenmoser is among Germany's most successful and admired young illustrators for children.
General Fields
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- : North-South Books, Incorporated
- : North-South Books, Incorporated
- : 1.1748
- : November 2017
- : 259mm X 216mm
- : February 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kenneth Grahame
- : Hardback
- : 1217
- : Sebastian Meschenmoser
- : English
- : E
- : 220
- : colour illustrations