From Publishers Weekly
a makeover for mole Inga Moore's exquisite new color illustrations for The River Bank: And Other Stories from 'The Wind in the Willows' situate Kenneth Grahame's classic story in a disarmingly pretty English countryside, from lush, leafy riverbed to impossibly delicate snowscape. Her ink and pastel artwork shares the fineness of Ernest H. Shepard's original illustrations, but has its own luminous glow and easy-going humor. The text selections, what the flap copy calls "the very best moments" from the first five chapters of the book, snake around the illustrations.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4?Moore has freshened up five stories from Kenneth Grahame's classic with her exquisite pastel crayon-and-ink drawings. "The River Bank," "The Open Road," "The Wild Wood," "Mr. Badger," and "Dulce Domum" are sequential in their stories of Rat and Mole and their misadventures in the English countryside and Wild Wood, where Badger lives. Their fast and lasting friendship is intertwined with all the other characters children know and love: Otter, Toad, Badger, and the field-mice. Grahame's stories foster a sense of warmth and security, and Moore's well-laced, rich-toned illustrations carry that feeling throughout the book. There are several double-page spreads that are breathtaking to view. These stories are wonderful read-alouds because of dialogue among the characters. This one's a keeper.?Susan Garland, Maynard Public Library, MA
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