Product Description

Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook, the lost boys, and Tinker Bell have filled the hearts of children ever since Barrie's play first opened in London in 1904 and became an immediate sensation. Now this funny, haunting modern myth is presented with Bedford's wonderful illustrations, which first appeared in the author's own day, have long been out of print, and have never been equaled.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #304328 in Books
• Published on: 1992-11-03
• Released on: 1992-11-03
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 8.30" h x .75" w x 6.30" l, .95 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5-- A portion of the royalties from this book are being donated to a British charity, but that's not a strong enough reason to buy it. Four movable pictures (the sort that rotate to dissolve from one scene to another), plus a scattering of tiny, hard-to-find flaps, accompany an incoherently abridged text. The slightly antique-looking art is crudely executed; small figures with distorted or indistinct features change relative sizes from spread to spread, and are placed, in most scenes, with no discernible logic. Stick with the original, available in several handsome editions, or if you must have an abridgment, go for the book/cassette package illustrated by Diane Goode, read by Lynn Redgrave, and adapted by Josette Frank (Random, 1987).
- John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
Patrick Treadway does an excellent job of bringing J.M. Barrie's classic tale to audio. His narration is faithful to the original text and evokes the British upper class of the period with his deadpan attitude about such things as the fact that the Darling's nanny is a dog. Treadway knows just the right intonation to bring to each of the many marvelous characters: from the evil Captain Hook to the flighty Tinker Bell. Children of all ages will delight in this wonderful telling of Peter's antics. S.B.M. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
“Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our enduring literature, and thereby undoubtedly made one of the boldest bids for immortality of any writer. . . . It is a masterpiece.”
–J. B. PRIESTLEY


From the Trade Paperback edition.