Product Details Age Range: 6 and up Grade Level: 1 and up Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Signet Classics; Reissue edition (April 4, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0451530144 ISBN-13: 978-0451530141 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches Book De*ion Release date: April 4, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0451530144 | ISBN-13: 978-0451530141 | Edition: Reissue | Age Range: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Hailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, The Wind in the Willows is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book s intrepid quartet of heroes Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, the story still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth. The animals world embodies the author s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive im
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