Here is a timeless tale of waterside Britain that has been loved by generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad, and their escapades, whether messing about on the river or poop-pooping in Toad's shiny new car, cannot fail to enchant.

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Listening Length	6 hours and 56 minutes
Author	Kenneth Grahame
Narrator	Michael Hordern
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	20 August 2007
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NPB0R0O
Best Sellers Rank	60 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1 in Fiction Classics for Children 1 in Animals for Children 1 in Children's Books on Animals

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Jeremy David Tatchell

A childhood memory

Reviewed in Australia on 3 December 2018

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This book is like an old friend, fun to be around and great to get together with! My parents were great storytellers and when we were kids, every night before bed either Mum or Dad would read read one chapter of a book to us - TWITW was one of my all time favourites and I have passed my paper book version to my daughter to read to her daughter. This book never loses its magic to transport the listener to another time and place and catch up with old friends like Ratty, Mole, Badger and of course the unforgettable Mr Toad!!

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Magnesium Oil Australia

One of the most wholesome books ever written

Reviewed in Australia on 20 October 2017

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Over a century later, and it's still great. Any age can pick this up or have it read to them. A light and poignant look at friendships and human values. It also delves into the (almost) mystical with this edition including the often excluded chapter "The piper at the gates of dawn".

From the feverishly poetic longings of Ratty, the introspective Mole, the conceited pomp of Toad or antisocial Badger with a heart of gold; this story can also serve as a study in the human condition, but largely deals with what it means to have adventure and friends to share them with.

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Paul Bennett

Every Grandfather has to read this to his grandchildren

Reviewed in Australia on 22 August 2018

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I remember as a child being enchanted by this story and the poetic telling and value character development that has stayed with me over the years. I wanted to pass this onto my grandchildren. The hidden strength of Mole, the soundness of Ratty, the leadership and strength of Badger, the consequences of being a follower of fashion and fun like Toad, the perfidy of the weasels and the denizens of the Wild Wood. So formative and fun filled for children and adult alike.
Read properly to or by your grandchildren this saga will stay with them for life.

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Amazon Customer Yvonne Scott

Once again a trip down memory lane. Kenneth Grahame ...

Reviewed in Australia on 24 January 2015

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Once again a trip down memory lane. Kenneth Grahame paints pictures with his words. Toady and ratty and their friends have mad cap adventures, mostly instigated by Toad who resides in Toad Hall while Ratty lives in his home in the river bank. Toad and Ratty with their friends get up to all sorts of mischief but Toad the leader of their merry frolics only manages to avoid being imprisoned by Ratty and co who go along to keep Toad out of trouble. Full of near escapes, and lots of mischief. Enjoyable from the beginning to the end. The characters may be animals, but adults should read it as well as children. A book for everyone.

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It's Robert Ingpens illustrations for goodness sake!!

Reviewed in Australia on 17 August 2020

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Anything illustrated by Robert Ingpen gets an automatic five stars from me. A living legend in the world of illustrators and only deals in quality literature which stimulates children's imagination.

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Jan Reeves

I never knew this story. I'm glad I do now.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 June 2020

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I actually listen to this when I can't sleep.

It's a super little tale - I'm sure I didn't read as a child, so it's good to know it as it's a classic.

I'd probably pick another voice next time. I think some of it could be expressed better.

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Sarah

Not illustrated

Reviewed in Australia on 29 June 2020

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I bought this because it said it was the illustrated version. I love the story but wanted the illustrated version to engage my 7 year old daughter. There is a short picture gallery at the end of the book but it's definitely not the illustrated version. I'm really annoyed as we already have a paper copy of the book, only bought this for the pictures.

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Beautiful product

Reviewed in Australia on 14 July 2020

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Beautiful book. Not sure if it was meant to come with a dust jacket or not, but it is fine. Efficient seller, product arrived in good condition and fast.

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Lorus

WARNING! Different editions being shown/reviewed here - Review for 'Panorama Pops' Inga Moore illustrated version

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 November 2017

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NOTE: The reviews given here seem to cover multiple DIFFERENT EDITIONS and the "Look Inside" feature is NOT showing the Inga Moore "Panorama Pops" edition. If you're looking for reviews of that edition please read on ...

When pressing my Sister for birthday present ideas she mentioned this book but said it was unavailable. I checked good old Amazon and found it easily - Many 'wonderful brother' points scored there! Took a look when it arrived and my Sister was absolutely right, the illustrations by Inga Moore combine PERFECTLY with Kenneth Grahame's wonderful text. This is a beautiful edition and very well worth buying!!

The text is a carefully abridged version of the full book, with the following tales missing:
Chapter 7 - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
Chapter 9 - "Wayfarers All"

Additionally, the original Chapter 11 "Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears" and chapter 12 "The Return of Ulysses" have been much abridged and combined into a new chapter called "The Return of Toad" with text amended to combine the essence of the two original chapters if not their detail.

I'd have loved to see how Inga Moore would have treated "The Piper At The Gates of Dawn", and I missed the now excluded coda to the book where Toad finally realises what a braggart he is and turns over a new leaf to appear as a sensible, generous and modest host at the friends' victory party ... But there's so much else to love here that these are just regrets for lost opportunities rather than crippling faults.

The book is quite large (approx 11 1/2" tall by 8 1/2" wide , is hardback, with 180 pages in nice satin finish paper. It is very well produced with tight binding and clear sharp printing, and it is COPIOUSLY illustrated with Inga Moore's beautiful full colour drawings. There must be about 90 illustrations as (allowing for full double-page illustrations) there seems to be about 1 illustration for each page of text.

The illustrations are detailed, very nicely drawn and sympathetically coloured. The front cover image of Ratty & Mole in the rowing boat shown above IS from the Inga Moore edition and all the other illustrations in the book are the same quality and style. To repeat my warning - The "Look Inside" feature does NOT show this book and the crude illustration it shows is utterly unlike Inga Moore's lovely work.

I found the text font size in the book to be a bit larger than I would prefer, but it's certainly not a problem I can't help wondering whether the publisher had to use a slightly larger font to let them synchronise text and illustrations while giving the illustrations the sort of size they deserve??

The 'acid test' of how good this edition is ... Yes - After seeing the copy I bought for my Sister I have now ordered one for myself!!

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Beware! Not all versions are the same.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2020

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Amazon appears to have amalgamated the reviews for all versions of Kenneth Grahame's book. This particular version, identifiable by a green band at the top and bottom of the cover picture and the date of 14th March for its addition to Amazon, is very poor. It appears to have been auto translated from a foreign language. The opening sentence is 'The Mole were running very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little domestic.' It continues in like manner with grammatical errors and numerous changes to Grahame's original text.
Disappointing that Amazon has put something like this up without checking it.

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B Gill

Simply awful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2017

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The best I can say is that my 5 year old was happy enough listening to it. But the rest of the family found it drippy and unconvincing. I deliberately searched for unabridged stories and the description says it is - but it is very abridged, and they've missed out the best parts. If it's a version for younger children, then please make that clear. The original book is a wonderful story, but this miserable attempt at a dramatised reading is an insult to the author and it may well have put my 10 yr old off actually reading the book.

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M. Dowden

A Personal Favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2016

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This book is a personal favourite of mine, and one that I never get tired of reading, and I know that I am not the only adult that has read it many times, and will continue to do so. Great for children as well this is something that you can read to them in instalments, and when they are old enough, they can then read themselves.

Published over a hundred years ago, rather like JK Rowling and her Harry Potter books this was turned down by a number of publishers, and when it was eventually published received some quite snooty reviews from critics. However despite this this was a hit with the public, and has remained so, and it is easy to see why.

This isn’t perfect by any means and reading it you do soon realise that the animal characters change size on a number of occasions, from their normal animal size, to being larger and coming into contact with humans. They even have money, after all Mr Toad can buy anything he seemingly wants and lives in a hall.

As Mole leaves his home for a look outside on a glorious spring morning so he comes into contact with Ratty, and the two are soon firm friends. With Badger, who Ratty already knows, Mole makes another new friend, and also with Toad. But with all the comedy and incident here it is Toad that captures everyone’s imagination. He is conceited and really to a certain extent obnoxious but we can’t help but root for him as he goes to prison, escapes and then finds out that Toad Hall is being squatted in by stoats and weasels.

Creating a world that has many similarities with the real one at that period, this is a tale that keeps us all enthralled as we read of the many exploits and adventures that happen here, as well as the more sedate side of life, with relaxing and taking meals with friends. Always a treat to read there is one thing here that you end up saying and can’t help yourself when you get into a car, and that is Toad’s saying of ‘Poop! Poop!’ Don’t worry it does wear off after a few days, but the next time you read the book it happens again.

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The Elite Book Group

A children’s classic. Wonderful…..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2017

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It was marvellous to be able to revisit this children’s classic which was first published at the beginning of the last century. It has lost none of its charms over the years and although anthropomorphic stories may these days be seen as old-fashioned there is no doubt that the tales of Ratty, Mr Mole, Toad and Badger remain very readable and are still highly enjoyable.

Each character has his own traits. I associated more closely with Ratty as he is comfortable staying close to home, cares about others and appears to be more mature than those around him.

The mere fact that new editions continue to be issued is a clear demonstration of the story’s continuing popularity. This particular one by Alma includes an illustration by Tor Freeman which, although not to my taste as I am a traditionalist, will be loved by younger children.

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