Book description
Come Away! Come Away!
The Darling children are tucked up in bed when Peter Pan bursts in
to their nursery. Peter and his mischievous fairy Tinker Bell entice
Wendy and her brothers to fly away with them to a magical world called
Neverland. There you can swim with mermaids and play all day with the
Lost Boys. But you must watch out for pirates, especially Captain
Hook. And how do you find Neverland? Second to the right and straight
on till morning of course...
BACKSTORY: Create your own Peter Pan costume and try building a
Wendy House!
James Matthew Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland in 1860.
Peter Pan
was inspired by the author's friendship with the Llewelyn-Davies
family. Barrie would tell George and Jack Llewyllen-Davies - the
original lost boys - stories about Neverland. He originally wrote the
story as a play and its first performance in 1904was a hit. Barrie then
adapted the play into the 1911 novel
Peter Pan and Wendy.
He was made a baronet in 1913 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1922. J.
M. Barrie died on June 19, 1937. Proceeds from every copy will go to
benefit Great Ormond Street Hospital
