animal's wild everyday lives. Everyday in the story something new and exciting

happens which makes this book a joy to read. Badger, Ratty, and Mole must

deal with the rowdy and rambunctious Toad, who is always getting into trouble

with his fascinations of the latest animal "fads". It is incredibly entertaining and

interesting to read this book because it is about animals who act and carry-on

just like real people. This technique, used by Kenneth Graham to bring depth

and realism to the story, is known as personification. The author does a fantastic

job describing and defining each character's very strong and very different

personality in this way. All the characters change drastically throughout the

book as they grow, mature, and learn from each other as they spend their days

together. This is why they are all round characters. Everyday, the mood of the

world in which the animals live in is one of great joy and happiness. The

personification, round characters, and mood, all play a part in making this book

as wonderful as it is. It is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and a song in

Each day the animals learn and grow wiser and more mature as they

moment he was skipper of the canary-coloured vessel driven on a shoal by the

Evidence of this is stated in the following excerpt. "Meantime the Rat, warm and

and invigorating as he does things for the very first time. By the end of the story

qualities. This is one of the reasons the book is so funny and enjoyable. The

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