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I'll confess that I was nervous when I opened this book. It was the press release, you see. It spoke of a ''thoroughly modern makeover for Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Toad''and the story had been ''stunningly reimagined''. EEK! There are some things which you don't mess with and this book came high on my list of such things. It did take me a ''little'' while to retire ''my'' image of the four friends and substitute the illustrations by David Roberts - but they work well. They're more in tune with what children today will expect - and there are lots of them to enjoy.
The gift edition published by Oxford University Press in 2013 contains thirty two playing cards for family games. If you're looking for a present then this book would be a good choice - and you never know, sixty years down the line an adult might well be remembering the gify gift and the pleasure it's given over the years. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If illustrations are your thing then have a look at Bookbag's [[Top Ten Books With Gorgeous Illustrations]]. And I think this book should be included in the [[Top Ten Classics of Children's Literature]].
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