Peter Pan (Classic Starts)

by J. M. Barrie

Other authorsDan Andreasen (Illustrator), Arthur Pober (Afterword), Tania Zamorsky (Adapter)
Hardcover, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

J3A.Bar

Publication

Sterling Children's Books

Pages

150

Description

An abridged retelling of the adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.

Collection

Barcode

3132

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

150 p.; 7.75 inches

ISBN

9781402754210

User reviews

LibraryThing member shomskie
Peter Pan is a young boy who never wants to grow up. One night he visits the home of the Darling family and convinces the Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, to travel with him to the magical land of Neverland. There the children never age and have many adventures with the other inhabitants
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of Neverland, inlcuding the honrable Indians and the vicious pirates. The pirate captain Hook has a personal grudge to settle with Peter and the Darling children soon find themselves caught in the middle of their war. Eventually Peter is able to fight off the pirates and the Darling children return home to live their lives while Peter becomes a fixture in the lives of future generations of Darling children.
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LibraryThing member tiinaj1
Peter Pan is one of those books that you pick up and don't want to put down. On her last night in the family nursery Wendy is told that she will now have a room of her own and that it is time that she grew up. Her mother is a romantic, dreamy sort who to me seemed a little
scatterbrained however
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from Barrie's description tends to be budget aware like Mr Darling as they are both very poor and trying to live up to the standards of the neighbors - hence Nana the "nurse" (a St Bernard).

The actual story and the introduction of Peter Pan takes place on the last night of Wendy's stay in the nursery. Peter arrives to hear one of her stories (about him of course) and upon hearing of her delemma ends up teaching Wendy and her brothers, John and Michael, how to fly and then takes them to Neverland.

As the story goes on you meet "The Lost Boys", Hook the Pirate, a tribe of Indians and many more characters. There are parts of the book that of course never made it in the movies - it would be much too long if they did. As always I strongly encourage parents to read the classics (the original if your kids will listen to them). Disney doesn't tend to stay on script and much of the story is left out. Your kid's should definitely hear the story in it's entirety.
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Rating

½ (7 ratings; 4.5)

Call number

J3A.Bar
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