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Title: Peter Pan -A Classic Illustrated Edition by J. M. Barrie, Cooper Edens, J. M., Sir Barrie ISBN: 0-8118-2297-4 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If You Believe In Fairies...
Comment: Wow! What a great story this is! I picked it up on a whim years ago having enjoyed the Disney cartoon, and when I finally got around to reading it, I couldn't put the darn thing down. This is really exciting stuff! Peter is ten times as irrascible as he is in the toon. One line has always stuck in my head - its where Peter is faced with certain death (I forget exactly what). He thinks to himself that its quite possible he could die, and thinks `That would be the greatest adventure of all!' That line sums of the feel of this book. Imagine being a kid who can never grow up who has the power to fly through a world woven of dreams and fairytales....I learned later that this was probably the sincere wish of the author, James Barrie, who was afflicted with a disease which made it impossible for him to grow. Though an adult in mind, he was the stature and semblance of a child. The warmth of this story has a deep heartfelt resonance in the heart of any boy who has grown up having adventures in his mind. It can't really be described -it has to be read and appreciated. If you love fantasies in the vein of The Never Ending Story and The Wizard of Oz, you will love this book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Review for Peter Pan
Comment: You will laugh, cry and be confused when you read this book. This book can teach you that what you think is good is not always good.
There is a boy named Peter Pan. He sprinkles fairy dust in Wendy and her two brothers. Then he shows them how to fly. He takes them to Neverland and shows them to the Lost Boys who live there. Wendy becomes their mother. She makes up rules, like any other mother would do. The boys have to follow these rules. Everything was fine until Captain Hook came with his crew to where the boys and Wendy were. While Wendy and the boys were at the lagoon, where they go every day after dinner, they see a girl named Tiger Lily, princess of her tribe. She was captured by Smee, one of Captain Hook's men. Then Peter saved her. A few days later Wendy and the boys were on their way to Wendy's house when they too were all captured by Captain Hook. Then Peter saves them. Then the lost boys, Wendy and her brothers go home. All except for Peter.
It is mostly about what the people in the book think is right with childhood. The kids in the book think that if you grow up it is bad, but in our case it is actually good.
Peter Pan is a violent book not really made for children under the age of 10 but people 10 and up can read it. It is violent because of the language that is spoken and the idea that killing could be fun. Also, the vocabulary is very difficult for children under 10 to understand. Even if you're older it is difficult to understand.
Overall, it is a good book but watch out for the violent ideas if you are reading it to little children.
Rating: 5
Summary: Trina Hyman's perfectly illustrated Peter Pan
Comment: I first read Barrie's tale of the boy who refuses to grow up when I was 16 (after watching Disney's movie), and I absolutely loved it. It is in every way better than any film ever made which it inspired (although Disney's version is fun to watch and the recent 2003 version is very good and most faithful to the story).
This review, however, is only to comment upon the illustrations. There are various illustrated Peter Pans; but this one is the very best. Trina Hyman's delicate, gorgeous drawings capture the characters to perfect. Peter is particularly good, looking suitably wild and beautiful, and Tinker Bell is a lovely fairy. In so many other illustrated books the characters are either over-dressed or simply grotesque, but Hyman's version of the characters are simply perfect (MUCH better than the Disney version of them!)
If you buy any illustrated Peter Pan, but this one.
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Title: Robin Hood (Bullseye Step into Classics) by Annie Ingle, Domenick D'Andrea ISBN: 0679810455 Publisher: Random House Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Return to Neverland ISBN: 0736413065 Publisher: RH/Disney Pub. Date: 22 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $3.25 |
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Title: Knights of the Roundtable (Bullseye Step into Classics) by GWEN GROSS ISBN: 0394875796 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 October, 1985 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Tye May and the Magic Brush by Molly Bang ISBN: 0688115047 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 22 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Long Way Westward (I Can Read) by Joan Sandin ISBN: 0064441989 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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