The Sunday Post, October 3, 2004
'This magnificent edition is complete and unabridged, featuring over 70 beautiful and original illustrations by award-winning illustrator Robert Ingpen.'
IBBYLink, Autumn, 2004
'The centenary edition... was launched on the appropriate venue of the ancient vessel, the Golden Hinde by Templar Publishing.'
Book Description
First performed in London in 1904, J.M. Barrie's beloved children's classic celebrates its centenery with the release of this beautiful new edition, published in association with the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
From the Inside Flap
'All children except one, grow up.'
When Peter Pan flies through the Darling children's nursery window in search of his shadow, the scene is set for a classic tale that has captured the imagination of children and adults for one hundred years.
When Peter Pan flies through the Darling children's nursery window in search of his shadow, the scene is set for a classic tale that has captured the imagination of children and adults for one hundred years.
Wendy and her two brothers join Peter on a series of exciting adventures with the inhabitants of the magical island of Neverland: the Lost Boys, to whom Wendy becomes 'mother', the mischievous fairy Tinker Bell, the brave Redskins, the Pirates on the Jolly Roger - and their notorious leader, Captain Hook, whose destiny lies in the hands of a crowing boy and a ticking crocodile.
About the Author
J.M.Barrie was born in 1860, the ninth of ten children of a handloom weaver. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1882, he started working as a journalist. Three years later he moved to London and was soon writing best-selling stories, novels and plays. Although he married, the union was not a happy one and he was divorced soon after. From then on he devoted himself to writing and to the five Llewelyn Davies boys to whom he was legal guardian.
