Peter Pan
£8.99
notes
In the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael meet the magical Peter Pan, who teaches them to fly and takes them on adventures in Never-Never Land, where they meet the iconic pirate, Captain Hook. When author J.M. Barrie was six, his older brother died in a skating accident, which had a profound effect on his mother, who took solace in the fact that he would stay a boy and never grow up, believed to be the inspiration for Barrie writing ‘Peter Pan’.
Dimensions
18cm (7in) x 14cm (5.5in)
Features
notes
In the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael meet the magical Peter Pan, who teaches them to fly and takes them on adventures in Never-Never Land, where they meet the iconic pirate, Captain Hook. When author J.M. Barrie was six, his older brother died in a skating accident, which had a profound effect on his mother, who took solace in the fact that he would stay a boy and never grow up, believed to be the inspiration for Barrie writing ‘Peter Pan’.
Insights
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, remembered for writing 'Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up', which first appeared as a play in 1904, and eventually as a book in 1928, with the rights being gifted to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
- Hard cloth bound cover
- Number of pages: 240 pages
- Black and white illustrations (limited)
- ISBN: 9781840227895
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Children's Books
