Peter Pan (Calico Illustrated Classics Series)

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Enchanting fantasy about the boy who won't grow up whisks readers off to Never-Never Land where they meet the Lost Boys, Tiger Lily, and Peter's long-time enemy, Captain Hook.

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ISBN-13:	9781602707108
Publisher:	Magic Wagon
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Calico Illustrated Classics Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	0410L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 10 Years

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Sir James Matthew Barrie was a sometimes journalist and playwright who won instant immortality with the production of his play Peter Pan in 1904. The play was turned into the book Peter and Wendy in 1911. Barrie died in 1937.

Charles Vess is one of the most acclaimed artists in the field of illustration. He is the winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist. A critically acclaimed fine artist, he has had numerous gallery showings in this country and abroad. He lives in southwest Virginia.

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This serviceable, if uninspired, adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic faithfully renders the plot of Peter Pan while simplifying and shortening the language for younger readers. As in the original, three siblings named Wendy, John and Michael Darling meet Peter Pan, the boy who won't grow up, and fly with him to Neverland. To the consternation of the jealous fairy Tinker Bell, Wendy agrees to become mother to Peter Pan's crew of Lost Boys. Eventually the Darling children return home, but not before being kidnapped by the pirate Captain Hook. Since this adaptation retains even the most minor plot points, the abridgement happens in the descriptions. As a result, the exuberant plot of the original seems merely busy here. The pace and tone are unvaried, and transitions can be choppy or downright confusing. For example, Peter Pan is introduced one night while the children sleep and Mrs. Darling, cleaning the nursery, finds the name Peter. In the original, this followed a lengthy, whimsical explanation of how mothers tidy clutter not only in rooms, but also in their sleeping children's minds. In the adaptation, the reader is simply left to wonder what it means to find a name. Without Barrie's brilliant language, fanciful observations, and satirical edge—the traits that made Peter Pan a classic—we're left with a tolerable pirate story for six- to nine-year-olds. Adventure fans may enjoy this early chapter book. It is doubtful, however, that readers will return to this one again and again. Unless a young child has a burning desire to independently read a Peter Pan story, I would recommend they either wait a few years to read Barrie's original or share the original as a read-aloud with an adult (who will appreciate the parts that go over the child's head). Part of the "Calico Illustrated Classics" series. Reviewer: Deborah Steinig

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