Tales of the Willows: The Willows in Winter (Paperback)

from unclebob53703

Read a review of this in the Chicago Tribune book section, and was very eager to get it. It's good enough, though to compare it to the original is pointless. It's a strange comparison, but it made me think of Son of Kong, the sequel to King Kong--an order of magnitude less than the original, but ...

from nieva21

Yes, I love this sequel. Precocious and curious about the unrevealed aspects of Mole, Otter, Rat, Toad, and Badger. My favorite page is p.102: "Mole remembered secret placid places in the summer of autumn, where bees buzzed and flies hovered, and blue and violet dragonflies flew, settled, and fle...

from 37143Birnbaum

Just such a heart-warming book about Mole and Ratty and Badger, the Otter, and indubitably, Toad. More of their adventures since The Wind in the Willows. A great and engrossing book.

from mysterymax

Sequels by authors other than the original... so seldom do they hit the right note. The Willows In Winter by William Horwood is one that does. Here are Badger, Mole, Otter, Rat and Toad just as we left them. Absolutely excellent! The drawings by Patrick Benson are as true as Shephard's. Can not ...

from Aspenhugger

"Here, at last, is thye stunning recreation of the much-loved world of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows that we secretly all know we wanted, but never dared hope we might find ... "For now, in an act of homage and celebration, William Horwood has brought to life once more the four most-l...