Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame began The Wind in the Willows as a bedtime story for his son Alistair. The book was published in 1908 and eventually became a huge bestseller. Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Australia. In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature and he has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia.