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Anmotherless Scottish boy grew up at his grandmother’s large butndilapidated house in England. The house was near a river, and thisnboy and his brother and sisters were able to explore the riversidenand spacious grounds to their hearts’ content.
Anmotherless Scottish boy grew up at his grandmother’s large butndilapidated house in England. The house was near a river, and thisnboy and his brother and sisters were able to explore the riversidenand spacious grounds to their hearts’ content.n
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nThatnboy grew up to become the author of a children’s classic—a book setnon a river! In The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame’sncharacters do what he liked to do: simply mess about in boats. n
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| This drawing is by Dark Jimbo of Deviant Art. |
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nThenstory of how the book was written is fairly typical. When Grahame,nwho was born on this date in 1859, was raising his own little boy, henmoved back to the English town where he grew up. And every night, henwould tell his son bedtime stories. It was those stories that henended up writing down—and they became the novel that so many havenloved so much.
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nToncelebrate Mr. Grahame’s birthday, read his most famous book,nor perhaps his other children’s novel, The Reluctant Dragon.nOr watch the one of the many movies based on his book.
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- Herenis a map-making activity for the book.
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- And this looks likena beautiful coloring and activity book!
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nBynthe way, if you’ve ever been to Disneyland, the ride “Mr. Toad’snWild Ride” is based on the Disney movie version of The Wind innthe Willows. n
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nAlsonon this date:
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Joseph Lee’s birthday (he was father of the playground movement)
Joseph Lee’s birthday (he was father of the playground movement)
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nPiratenAnne Bonny’s birthday
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nn Historicaln anniversaries in March
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in April
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