Kenneth Grahame (July 20, 1859 - July 6, 1932) was a British writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows, a classic of children's literature, alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley.