This is a beautifully bound gift edition of this classic tale of the riverbank. Nice? Its the only thing said the Water Rat solemnly as he leant forward for his stroke. Believe me my young friend there is nothing
- absolutely nothing
- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. When the Mole bored of spring cleaning leaves his tidy burrow behind he finds that the River Bank is full of friends
- brave & lively Ratty; kind sleepy Badger; & the irresponsible Mr. Toad famous for his wealth & his car smashes. But beyond the River Bank lies the Wild Wood full of sinister weasels & stoats. When the Wild Wooders venture out & capture Toad Hall the friends must band together to save it.


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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. ...

These audio editions especially dramatised for BBC Radio are of timeless stories that have enchanted generations of readers both young & old. The wonder & excitement of these much-loved tales live on in these acclaimed full-cast dramatisations complete with evocative music & sound effects. The story of Ratty Mole Badger & Toads escapades from messing about on the river to poop-pooping in Toads shiny new car was vividly brought to life in Alan Bennetts stage adaptation at the National Theatre in 1990 which captured the imagination of a new generation & introduced many to Kenneth Grahames classic book for the first time. This BBC Radio 4 full-cast recording features many of the members of the National Theatre production
- among them Richard Briers Leslie Phillips & Terence Rigby
- & is narrated by Alan Bennett himself.

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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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The Wind in the Willows belongs to the classic age of childrens classic novels. The charming exciting & humorous tales of the riverbank featuring Ratty Mole Badger & the conceited but irrepressible Toad of Toad Hall whose passion for motorcars lands him in many scrapes still continue to exert their charm over grown-ups as well as children. ...

Walker Illustrated Classics" is a new series which brings together some of the best-loved stories ever told illustrated by some of today's finest artists. These exquisitely designed books with their magnificent words & glorious pictures are a pleasure to read
- & re-read. The classics have never looked so good! Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story tells the adventures of the amiable Mole the dapper Water Rat & the marvellous Badger as they endeavour to keep the wayward Toad out of trouble. It is sensitively abridged & beautifully illustrated with great charm & detail by Inga Moore."
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I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't reach higher! I won't strive harder! I won't make tomorrow better than today!" In the walled city of Aramanth exams are everything
- not only for children but for whole families. When Kestrel Hath dares to rebel the Chief Examiner humiliates her father & sentences the family to the harshest punishment. Desperate to save them Kestrel discovers that life in Aramanth was once different
- & if she can find the secret of the Wind Singer maybe life can change for the better once more. So she & her twin brother Bowman set out on a terrifying journey
- to the true source of the evil that grips Aramanth..."


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What's the hook? This gripping novel is packed with interesting things to say about an education system that over-relies on testing! What are the themes? Individual vs society family friendships & war. Teaching points? An excellent model for introduction irony & symbolism. ...

Archie Stringweed lives in the windswept Scottish fishing village of Westervoe. Archie is sure that the wind talks to him; that the wind watches him. It seems to appear round corners & laugh at him; to creep up behind him & blow him along the pavement; to drape itself round his shoulders & screech in his ear. Then on Archies tenth birthday he discovers that he faces a huge challenge
- one that will determine the fate of his family who have been plagued by a curse for generations. Before the day is out Archie is pitched in a furious battle with the elements.. .
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For readers new to The Dark Tower THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE is a st&-alone novel & a wonderful introduction to the series. It is a story within a story which features both the younger & older gunslinger Roland on his quest to find the Dark Tower. Fans of the existing seven books in the series will also delight in discovering what happened to Roland & his ka tet between the time they leave the Emerald City & arrive at the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis. This Russian Doll of a novel a story within a story within a story visits Mid-World's last gunslinger Roland Deschain & his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. (The novel can be placed between Dark Tower IV & Dark Tower V.) Roland tells a tale from his early days as a gunslinger in the guilt ridden year following his mother's death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter a skin man " Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. Roland himself only a teenager calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime ' The Wind through the Keyhole'. "A person's never too old for stories " he says to Bill. " Man & boy girl & woman we live for them." & stories like these they live for us. The back cover of the UK hardcover edition features some 8 000 faces of those who entered the Stephen King Faces competition. These faces are indiscernible to the naked eye on the actual covers but they can be found & identified with the zoom mechanism on http://www.stephenkingfaces.com/" ...