The Wind in the Willows
Toad's Adventures
by Kenneth Grahame
Toad, now in jail, escapes with the help a sympathetic party.
Toad, now in jail, escapes with the help a sympathetic party.
The youngest of three sons frees an enchanted castle from its spell.
Toad Hall is liberated. Toad sings a song in celebration.
The girls ask Mr. Belton for assitance in finding Will. He agrees to help if he can, but progress is slow. The girls spend many happy days exploring the orange groves and the lake. One day they decide to travel farther up the river for a nice picnic. All is well, until the boat begins to travel away, towed by some unseen force.
The ship is navigated out to sea.
While Cathy visits Linton, he insists that he is getting stronger, even though throughout the visit he is squeamish and looking back at the house constantly. Cathy and Nelly discuss his health on the way home.
Lady Muriel, Arthur, and the Earl and his daughter consider going off on their own picnic.
Willam Dobbin and Amelia reconcile with each other. Becky visits Joseph with less than honorable intentions. Rebecca's ambition pays off financially, but leaves her friendless.
On the way to Boston, the narrator strikes up a conversation with another man regarding racial issues. Once in Boston, they continue to debate and discuss the social/racial problems of the day. The narrator comes upon several other interesting characters.
A little girl loses her handkerchiefs and goes on a search for them. She sees some white cloths on the grass high up a hill and climbs up to discover a a little hedgehog washerwoman, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, with her handerchiefs freshly laundered, along with many other interesting articles such as stockings for a hen.
Tom plays hooky from school feeling bad about his lunch with Becky. Tom runs into his friend Joe Harper.
The ships are repaired and preparations are made for the travels through the Everglades.
David is sent home after receiving some bad news.
Juliet anxiously awaits the arrival of her nurse, who brings news of her meeting with Romeo.
After a year, Will visits Carol in Washington. Carol and Will strengthen their relationship with some time away. As Carol returns to work, she is already pregnant with her second child.
Exam results are posted, bringing positive news to Anne. The Cuthbert's continuing health problems concern Anne.
Honor and the use of laws and force to succeed in acquiring and maintaining power.
Tom figures out the location of Jim. Huck and Tom come up with a plan to free Jim.
The author's earliest memories of childhood and the conditions in which his family lived and worked are explained.
Written as a play, this is a story about neighbors who do not get along. The hedgehog challenges the hare to a contest. The contest is used to settle the differences between the neighbors. However, is the means fair?
This book tells the story of a poor tailor, his cat, and the mice that live in his shop. He has many scraps of cloth and ribbons left over that are too small for any practical use. The mice take these and make fine clothes for themselves. The tailor sends his cat Simpkin to buy food and a twist of cherry-colored silk for a coat the mayor has commissioned for his wedding. While the cat is gone, he frees the mice from teacups where Simpkin has imprisoned them. When Simpkin returns and finds his mice gone, he hides the twist in anger. When the tailor falls ill, the mice save the day by completing the coat.