The Little Minister


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The Peter Pan Picture Book


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




Peter Pan Adventures – Complete 7 Book Collection (Illustrated)


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The 'Peter Pan Adventures – Complete 7 Book Collection (Illustrated)' encapsulates the imaginative world created around the iconic character of Peter Pan. Encompassing a range of literary styles from the whimsical to the adventurous, this anthology delves into the broader themes of eternal childhood, the essence of storytelling, and the juxtaposition of reality and fantasy. The works included demonstrate the evolution of Peter Pan's character and the Neverland universe through various narratives and visual interpretations, showcasing the diverse yet interconnected explorations of these themes across different texts. Notably, the collection offers an insightful compendium of perspectives, reflecting the richness of the literary context from which Peter Pan emerges. The contributing authors, Oliver Herford, Daniel O'Connor, and J. M. Barrie, bring to this collection a remarkable depth of literary and illustrative talent. Their backgrounds, spanning from playwrighting to children's literature, converge to enrich the thematic concerns of the anthology, tying it to significant cultural and literary movements of their time, including Romanticism and the Golden Age of Illustration. This diversity of backgrounds and literary affiliations underscores the collection's ability to capture the multifaceted essence of the Peter Pan narrative and its enduring appeal across generations. This anthology is recommended for readers seeking to immerse themselves in the comprehensive world of Peter Pan. It offers a unique educational journey, inviting readers to explore the nuances of each contribution and the overarching themes that unite them. Beyond its literary and historical value, the 'Peter Pan Adventures – Complete 7 Book Collection (Illustrated)' serves as a platform for dialogue amongst the contributing authors' works, fostering a deeper understanding of the cultural and imaginative landscape from which Peter Pan springs. This collection is a treasure trove for enthusiasts of classic children's literature and those interested in the intersections of narrative form, cultural history, and literary innovation.




The Complete Peter Pan


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The boy who wouldn't grow up, Peter Pan has the power of flight and lives on a magical island. But he is fascinated by Mary Darling's bedtime stories for her children and makes covert night-time visits to their Bloomsbury home. One evening he loses his shadow, and after Mary's daughter Wendy helps him reattach it, he invites her to fly away with him on an extraordinary adventure. In addition to the famous 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, which tells the familiar adventures of Peter Pan in Neverland and popularized the characters of Tinkerbell and Captain Hook, this volume contains the celebrated stage version on which Peter and Wendy is based, as well as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, in which Peter Pan is a seven-day-old infant who consorts with birds and fairies and travels down the Serpentine in a thrush's nest.




Great Illustrated Classics


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The Pearson Education Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and more




The Plays of J.M. Barrie


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Twenty plays in which the playwright blends fantasy and realism, comedy and pathos in varying amounts. His best known play is Peter Pan but his most accomplished play is considered to be Dear Brutus.




My Lady Nicotine


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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang


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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a timeless classic: a gripping, fast-paced children's adventure story, written by Ian Fleming to read to his son, Caspar. It was first published in 1964 with illustrations by John Burningham. The car was inspired by the racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski at Higham Park in Kent. Sadly, Ian Fleming never lived to see the book published: he died in 1964, two months before it came out. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the feature-film, loosely based on the book and co-written by Roald Dahl, was released in 1968.




J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan


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Peter Pan is a familiar tale to many who have been enchanted by the adventures of the boy who wouldn't grow up. In this graphic novel Stephen White goes back to the very heart of Barrie's original tale to create a story that is dark, magical, charming and authentic. The complexity of Barrie's original is drawn out in vibrant illustrations and engaging text to create a new vision of the tale for those familiar with it and to enchant a new generation of readers. The stunning illustrations draw on original, authentic features from the locations that inspired Barrie to write his tale including Moat Brae House in Dumfries and the garden where he played as a boy. In choosing the format of a graphic novel for this retelling, Stephen White has created a new and exciting version of Peter Pan that is like nothing that has been done before.




Peter Pan


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All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.