Recently, Puffin Classics re-issued a centennial edition of the Kenneth Grahame best-seller, The Wind in the Willows. The special thing about this version? Our man Brian Jacques wrote the introduction to the tale. Besides the obvious reasoning for this choice of author (Mr. Jacques also writes anthropomorphic fantasy tales featuring moles, rats, toads, badgers, hedgehogs and otters), the book has been referred to by Brian many times as a childhood favorite and inspirational in interviews.