Kenneth grahame

I found more illustrations by Inga Moore from Wind in the Willows on this blog. I only posted a few but there are lots more if you click on that link. You all know how much I adore interior design by animals. Now I adore her artwork and imagination. Have a great weekend.

Discover 'The Wind in the Willows' and the man behind the now cherished story in this celebration of Kenneth Grahame before the Wild Wood.

The Edwardian author Kenneth Grahame’s adoration of Nature and landscape made him passionate about conservation and inspired him to create some of Britain's best-loved characters, says his biographer Matthew Dennison.

Kenneth Grahame was a daydreamer, inventing in his mind ‘golden realms… golden lagoons and parrot-haunted jungles’. He liked doodling pictures of boats and birds and listening to the sound of water

Read II. THE OPEN ROAD of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. The text begins: 'Ratty,' said the Mole suddenly, one bright summer morning, 'if you please, I want to ask you a favour.' The Rat was sitting on the river bank, singing a little song. He had just composed it himself, so he was very taken up with it, and would not pay proper attention to Mole or anything else. Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks…

"What a ripping little house this is! Everything so handy! " ~Mole's house: Wind in the Willows

Copyright relevant owner It's no secret to those who know me that The WIND In The WILLOWS, by KENNETH GRAHAME, is my all-time favourite 'kids' book. I'm especially partial to the E.H. SHEPARD illustrated edition, though I also have quite a few other versions featuring the work of different artists. Apparently, ARTHUR RACKHAM was the author's first choice to supply the visuals (if it had to have some - I believe he (or Shepard) thought the book would be better without pictures), though the…

"Carol of the Field Mice" from THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame, illustration by Inga Moore