A serialised classic, retold for sleep

The Wind in the Willows, night by night.

The Wind in the Willows, night by night. Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad — the whole river year retold in our own words, night by night, at rowing-boat pace. Each night is a long, slow session of a chapter or three, read by a calm voice with long silences. Take them in order, or open the night that suits the evening. Night 1 is written and on its way; every night below switches on the night it is ready.

Serialised classic

The Nights

The whole book, retold slowly for sleep. Each night switches on the night it is ready.

12 nights
The Wind in the Willows — Night 1: The River Bank
Coming soon Night 1 — The River Bank Mole abandons the spring cleaning, meets the Water Rat, and learns the river's unhurried way — the first chapter, told slow.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 2: The Open Road
Coming soon Night 2 — The Open Road A canary-coloured caravan, an obliging old horse, and Toad's first ruinous love affair with the motor-car.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 3: The Wild Wood
Coming soon Night 3 — The Wild Wood Snow, whistling shadows, and a small mole learning why river-bankers stay by the river.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 4: Mr Badger
Coming soon Night 4 — Mr Badger A door scratched open in the snow, and the warmest underground kitchen in all the Wild Wood.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 5: Mole's Home
Coming soon Night 5 — Mole's Home A scent on the winter air, a small forgotten house, and carol-singing field-mice at the gate.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 6: Mr Toad
Coming soon Night 6 — Mr Toad An intervention at Toad Hall, a locked bedroom, and an escape out of the window in a knotted sheet.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 7: The Song at Dawn
Coming soon Night 7 — The Song at Dawn A lost otter cub, a night of rowing, and something holy in the reeds at first light.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 8: Toad's Escape
Coming soon Night 8 — Toad's Escape A dungeon, a gaoler's kind daughter, and a washerwoman's bonnet on a very smug toad.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 9: The Sea Rat
Coming soon Night 9 — The Sea Rat Harvest fields, a grey wayfarer full of southern ports, and the water rat almost walking away.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 10: The Barge Woman
Coming soon Night 10 — The Barge Woman A canal, a bargain over washing, a cold swim, and a horse sold at a very good price.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 11: News of Toad Hall
Coming soon Night 11 — News of Toad Hall Bad news at the river bank, stoats on the lawn, and a secret passage only Badger remembers.
The Wind in the Willows — Night 12: The Return of Toad
Coming soon Night 12 — The Return of Toad Four friends up a secret tunnel, a banquet interrupted, and a quieter, wiser Toad at last.
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