The Wind in the Willows childhood in Ardrishaig. There is a proposal that the idea for the story arose when its author saw a water vole beside the River Pang in Berkshire, southern England. A 29 hectare extension to the nature reserve at Moor Copse, near Tidmarsh Berkshire, was acquired in January 2007 by the Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Wildlife Trust. The Wind in the Willows The 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
Jonathan Smith (novelist) Following Game", published in 2011. His first novel "Wilfred and Eileen" was adapted for BBC television into a four-part serial. He also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his 1995 novel "Summer in February", starring Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning and Dan Stevens, which was released in June 2013. His latest novel The Churchill Secret KBO has been adapted for a feature-length movie starring Michael Gambon to be screened around Christmas 2015 on ITV. Over twenty plays including: Jonathan Smith (novelist) Jonathan Smith (born 1942) is an English novelist, writer and teacher. A career English teacher, he is best