{"product_id":"the-wind-in-the-willows","title":"The Wind in the Willows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1908, Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. He moved back to Berkshire, where he had lived as a child, and spent his time by the River Thames doing much as the animal characters in his book do - as the book says, \"simply messing about in boats\" - and expanding the bedtime stories he had earlier told his son Alastair into a manuscript for the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515450077433,"sku":"9798461341374","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_2bed6b23-08b3-487d-860a-ed2e8bfab61f.jpg?v=1781207794","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-wind-in-the-willows","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}