Caroling field-mice are cause for a feast and celebration and they are all invited in for food and stories.

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Editions of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

I duplicate the original post with only minor corrections in the text and some tags added]: [Pala late –Ari: mrni jagorri– , kai kamlas “E Balval ande le Selchinde”… Me xalem lako ilo! There he encounters two rabbits who insist that this is a private road and Mole owes them sixpence to pass. With intricate textural variations and masses of engrossing detail, she achieves a realism that is unusual today, and those warm, underground kitchens have never been more invitingly portrayed.

Hopefully I have made the point that Moore's abridgement cuts out some of the wordiness and extensive descriptions that make Grahame's book lovely but, in this day and age, a bit weighty. Under Earth , Under Water by Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński is their fourth book I have reviewed here and their fourth book with the marvelous Big Picture Press , a publisher of oversized, highly illustrated, gorgeous books who believe that books should be "visually intelligent, surprising, and accessible to readers of all ages, abilities and nationalities. Dressed as a washer woman, he makes his bold escape, even convincing a good Samaritan to let him drive his car while fleeing the cops!

Wind in the Willows (Candlewick Illustrated Classics) The Wind in the Willows (Candlewick Illustrated Classics)

Of course others have posted her work, but not at all as much and as thoroughly as it deserves, with high resolution scans of the illustrations. Inga Moore loves the English countryside landscape and, out of this love, she has developed a charming, truly beautiful style, richly detailed and textural –amidst the current trends toward minimalistic or even abstract children’s book illustration–; and brought it to great achievements, like her work for Grahame’s “The Wind in the Willows” or, more recently, for Frances Hodgson Burnett’s“The Secret Garden”. She regrets not going to art school, and endured "one boring job after another" before eventually getting back to the drawing board. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. With Under Earth, Under Water , the Mizielińskis, who have an illustration style that is filled with tiny details and a unique palette, take readers on a detailed journey, from the top of the page to the bottom, over and under land and then sea.They experience a great awe that is both frightening and beautiful and, in his benevolence, Pan grants them the parting gift of "forgetfulness" so that they will not remember the pure happiness of the moment that would make the rest of their lives pale in comparison and keep the "little animals" from ever being "happy and lighthearted" again. I’ve personally scanned about half of the plates, most of them at 400 dpi, taking much care to be true to the sprightly colours and delicate grading (very especially in their unending palette of greens, blues and greys).

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New children's books come and go like the wind these days, but the old classics, all safely out of copyright, get wheeled out year after year. My favorite part of The Wind in the Willowsare the three chapters, "The Wild Wood," "Mr Badger," and "Dulce Domum," in which the tail end of winter spent in Rat's domicile finds Mole very much wanting an introduction to Mr Badger.I knew immediately that with this position, the quality of the light in the studio and the abundance of wildlife, it was the perfect place to live and work on The Wind in the Willows," she says. Illustration by Inga Moore for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 'Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while the stars grew fuller around them.