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A review by pammerhammer
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
4.0
In comparison with Mary Poppins, this book was much more aligned with what I might expect from a children's book! Most of the book was cute and whimsical, with the minor exception of Toad.
It was tempting to wonder how animals like moles and rats get ahold of eggs and bacon, or ask myself, are the motor cars fully human sized? Or small animal sized? But for children I don't think those questions come up much.
The bigger question was what era this novel was supposed to take place in. There are motorcars, guns and... castles with knights and swords and dungeons?
Right, children's book logic. Which I think is the magic of this book. I could almost hear a father reading this story out loud to his child while I was reading. It was really cute.
It was tempting to wonder how animals like moles and rats get ahold of eggs and bacon, or ask myself, are the motor cars fully human sized? Or small animal sized? But for children I don't think those questions come up much.
The bigger question was what era this novel was supposed to take place in. There are motorcars, guns and... castles with knights and swords and dungeons?
Right, children's book logic. Which I think is the magic of this book. I could almost hear a father reading this story out loud to his child while I was reading. It was really cute.