The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger. Since its beginnings as a series of stories told to Kenneth Grahame's young son, The Wind in the Willows has gone on to become one of the best-loved children's books of all time. The timeless story of Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger, brought to vivid life by Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, has delighted readers of all ages for more than...

Fish, foxes, farmers, and frogs, seagulls, sparrows, and swans, turtles and terns--the ponds and fields and woods of Wainscott are home to all sorts of creatures. But the most remarkable citizens of this seaside community are the weasels: Zeke Whitebelly and his boisterous brothers.

"'One mushroom for you and one mushroom for me,' said bear. 'And another mushroom for me. That's fair. I'm big, so Ineed to eat a lot.' Weasel did not agree"--Back cover.