After the First World war two final stragglers return to North East Scotland to pick up their old lives Mary Cowie once a 'gutter quine' or fish gutter who served with the Elsie Inglis Scottish Women Hospitals field units & Neil Findlay once the best fishing boat skipper in Buckie now a shell-shocked wreck They hope the old life will cure them but find they have changed too much to settle down again This is a story of a fishing community following the herring shoals around the coast in their steam drifters & is rich in local characters like Aggie the young war widow Jonathan the local doctor Eric the skipper who retired too soon to make way for his sons The shadow of the war refuses to go away for any of these but with change comes opportunity Mary & Neil find their tribal & personal loyalties tested to the full as the herring fishing industry struggles to recover ...

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is an English classic loved by adults & children alike Now in a beautiful cloth-bound hardback edition
- a perfect gift for young readers Spend a season on the river bank & take a walk on the wild side Spring is in the air & Mole has found a wonderful new world There's boating with Ratty a feast with Badger & high jinx on the open road with that reckless ruffian Mr Toad of Toad Hall The four become the firmest of friends but after Toad's latest escapade can they join together & beat the wretched weasels?PLUS A behind-the-scenes journey including author profile a guide to who's who activities & more
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In a beautiful single volume Inga Moore's magical illustrations bring Kenneth Grahame's much-loved classic to life for a new generation of readers Kenneth Grahame's classic children's stories which depict the adventures of the amiable Mole & the Water Rat & the comic misadventures of the wayward Toad are collected in this beautiful volume Carefully abridged by the artist herself this version of the beloved stories is instantly accessible to a young picture book readership ...

Mole & Rat have a pleasant life by the river where they talk boat & wile away the days The wise & private Mr Badger lives sedately in the Wild Woods content in his solitude Then there's Mr Toad
- wealthy impulsive & utterly obsessed with motor cars he's always getting into scrapes & can't survive without the help of his friends One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame remains a timeless tale of camaraderie loyalty & bravery more than a hundred years after its first publication With sixteen gorgeous colour illustrations by the celebrated Arthur Rackham & an afterword by author David Stuart Davies
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This classic of the English countryside first published in 1908 is a favourite with readers of all ages As the late Margery Fisher wrote ' Adults are sadly aware of the figure of Grahame himself languishing in a city office & longing for the river children respond to the fun the anarchy of Toad & the entrancing detail as Grahame's son Alastair must have done when he listened to the bedside stories that became a book ' The author invited Arthur Rackham to illustrate his book but Rackham said he was too busy
- a decision he was happily able to reconsider in 1936 when he was approached by the American publisher of the Limited Editions Club The project which he carried out with love & great care for the authenticity of detail was his last the drawings appeared first in the USA in 1939 & in Britian in 1950
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Richard Briers Adrian Scarborough & Terence Rigby star in this full-cast dramatisation narrated by Alan Bennett When Mole abandons his spring cleaning one morning he surfaces into the sunlight & encounters the Water Rat Mole stays with Ratty in his snug waterside home & soon he meets Ratty's friends Badger who lives in the Wild Wood & the incorrigible Toad of Toad Hall This timeless tale of waterside Britain has been loved by generations of children & acclaimed as a classic The story of Mole Ratty Badger & Toad & their escapades never fails to enchant Many of the original cast from Alan Bennett's acclaimed National Theatre production appear in this Radio 4 dramatisation including Richard Briers as Rat Adrian Scarborough as Mole & Terence Rigby as Albert
- with Alan Bennett as the narrator
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Believe me my young friend there is nothing
- absolutely nothing
- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play First published in 1908 Kenneth Grahame&s & The Wind In The Willows& has become one of the best loved books of all time enchanting generations of children & adults alike Narrated by IAN CARMICHAEL & voiced by an all star cast including DAVID JASON as Toad MICHAEL HORDERN as Badger RICHARD PEARSON as Mole & PETER SALLIS as Ratty Brought to the screen by award winning animation team Cosgrove Hall & The Wind In The Willows& brings to life the charming adventures of our four intrepid animal friends in a truly magical experience for all the family In & Winter Tales& join our loveable friends in three exciting feature length seasonal episodes
- & Winter Sports&& The Rescue& & & Yuletide Entertainment&
- that will both entertain & delight viewers of all ages Actors David Jason Richard Pearson Peter Sallis Michael Hordern & Ian Carmichael Certificate Universal Suitable for All Languages English

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This new hardback edition of The Wind in the Willows the classic story loved by children & adults alike has been created in partnership with the world-famous V&A Museum with exquisite cover designs from their William Morris collection Spring is in the air & Mole has found a wonderful new world There's boating with Ratty a feast with Badger & high jinx on the open road with that reckless ruffian Mr Toad of Toad Hall The four become the firmest of friends but after Toad's latest escapade can they join together & beat the wretched weasels? ...

Far from fading with time Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation Rat Mole Badger & the preposterous Mr Toad (with his Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor-car) have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on & by the river & at the imposing residence of Toad Hall Grahame's book was later dramatised by A A Milne & became a perennial Christmas favourite as Toad of Toad Hall It continues to enchant & above all perhaps inspire great affection ...