Kenneth Grahame (March 8th 1859 with Edinburgh - July 6th 1932 with Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire) is a British novelist .

He is mainly known for his novel the Wind in the willows ( The Wind in the Willows , 1908), traditional of the literature for children, writing at the origin for his son who shared the stubbornness of Clamping plate, Baron tétard ( Toad off Toad Hall , one of the main characters). Its most famous illustrator is Ernest Howard Shepard.

Become orphan, Grahame leaves food with his/her grandmother. It makes its studies with Oxford but cannot enter to the university. He works at the Bank of England until his retirement in 1907.

Exploitation of its work

The Walt Disney Company took as a starting point sound œuve principal to realize:

• a section of , cartoon film the Clamping plate and Schoolmaster , baptized the Pond with the frogs
• an attraction, Mr. Toad Will Wrinkles , based on the film
• a restaurant, Toad Hall Restoring , with Disneyland Paris

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