Grahame and Kipling

M1, T3: Tragedy, especially surrounding children, was a common theme with some of the great children’s authors. As this documentary reveals, Kenneth Grahame, creator of The Wind in the Willows, was overwhelmed with grief when his son committed suicide. While Rudyard Kipling wrote the Just So Stories, The Jungle Book and Kim for his daughter Josephine, and was devastated by her tragic death.