Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (English) Paperback B

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Magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, teaches them to fly, and then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land. After many adventures the story reaches its climax as Peter and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band.

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The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates. The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as Captain Hook explains 'liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest of me'. After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band. 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens, where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park - Peter's adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat, are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. AUTHOR: Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet OM (9 May 1860-19 June 1937), more commonly known as J.M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewellyn Davies boys. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited. He was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1922.

Author Biography

Sir James Mathew Barrie was born on May 9, 1860, at Kirriemuir in Scotland, the ninth of ten children of a weaver. When Barrie was six, his older brother David died in a skating accident. Barrie then became his mother's chief comforter, while David remained in her memory a boy of thirteen who would never grow up. Barrie received his M.A. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1882 and began working as a journalist. In 1885 he moved to London, and his writings were collected in "Auld Licht Idlls" (1888) and "A Window in Thurns" (1889), which, together with a sentimental novel, "The Little M

Kirkus US Review

A lovely new edition of the famous story - written after the play (which is now appearing on Broadway). The story is carried beyond the action of the play as Mrs. Darling is disposed of in a sentence, Wendy grows up, marries and has a daughter who takes care of Peter's spring house cleaning now that Wendy has become caught up in the tragic earth-bound disenchantment of adulthood. And Wendy's daughter, too, grows up and has a daughter who visits Peter in Neverland - "and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless". (Kirkus Reviews)

Details ISBN1853261203 Audience Age 9-12 Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd Series Wordsworth Children's Classics ISBN-10 1853261203 ISBN-13 9781853261206 Format Paperback Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd Place of Publication Herts Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.8 Illustrations illustrations Media Book Pages 272 Year 1993 Language English Author J.M. Barrie Birth 1860 Death 1937 Short Title PETER PAN & PETER PAN IN KENSI DOI 10.1604/9781853261206 UK Release Date 1993-10-05 Publication Date 1993-10-05 AU Release Date 1993-10-05 NZ Release Date 1993-10-05 Alternative 9781848701847 Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this

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