"Ratty Please, I want to row." Illustration by Ernest H. Shepard, 1959
There are so many wonderful illustrated editions of the 1908 children’s classic The Wind in the Willows.
Here’s just a brief sample taken from a new annotated edition by Seth Lerer.
"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" illustration by Paul Bransom, 1913
"O Unhappy and Forsaken Toad" Illustration by Nancy Barnhart, 1922
"Toad peering out the window." Illustrated by Philip Mendoza, 1983
"Badger with Car" Illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, 2008