Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932), a Scottish author, wrote The Wind in the Willows (1908), a children’s classic. The story tells about the adventures of Toad, Rat, Mole, Badger, and other small animals in the woods, rivers, and fields of England. Grahame created some of these adventures in a series of letters to his little son Alastair, who was known as “Mouse.”
Grahame’s first book was Pagan Papers (1893). He also wrote The Golden Age (1895), containing studies of childhood which were read throughout the English-speaking world. In 1898, he published Dream Days, a sequel to The Golden Age, which included the tale of “The Reluctant Dragon.” Grahame was born on March 8, 1859, in Edinburgh. He studied at Oxford University. He died on July 6, 1932.
