The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphized animal characters (Mole, Ratty, Mr. Toad and Mr. Badger) in a pastoral version of England. Like true adventures,???Rat, Mole, Badger and Toad of Toad Hall???enjoy life's simplest pleasures and natural wonders. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.