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Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Wind in the Willows from the world's leading experts.
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Neil Gaiman I think The Wind in the Willows is an excellent candidate for Best Book Ever Written. https://t.co/Uepg8wc1uE (Source)
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Melvin Burgess It’s the first book I fell in love with. The fiction that I liked when I was young was very much about cosy little adventures with animals. (Source)
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Trevor Phillips Reading Wind in the Willows opened my eyes to the way the English upper middle classes lived and the things they thought were important. Woods – what the hell were woods? (Source)
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M G Leonard The characters are alive in my head and I love every single one of them. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Wind in the Willows is ranked in the following categories:
- #15 in Animals
- #73 in Awarded
- #73 in Bucket List
- #70 in Childhood
- #11 in Children's Boat
- #15 in Children's Chapter
- #55 in Children's Fantasy
- #33 in Children’s
- #14 in Folio Society
- #62 in Happy
- #40 in Illustrated
- #26 in Illustration
- #35 in Leather
- #57 in Leather Bound
- #27 in Older Children
- #30 in Podcast
- #62 in Poster
- #34 in Project Gutenberg
- #44 in Public Domain
- #29 in Read Aloud
- #8 in Spring
- #56 in Young Reader
- #99 in Youth