It served as the key element to the 1941 feature film with the same name from Walt Disney Productions. This edition also includes a biography of the books author, Kenneth Grahame.

Grahame spun tales of fantastic wonder to pass the idle time, and send his child to sleep. Grahame later compiled those stories into a book, so that other children might enjoy the tales.

Typical of his culture and his era, Grahame casts his reminiscences in imagery and metaphor rooted in the culture of Ancient Greece. This edition also includes a biography of the books author, Kenneth Grahame.