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Title: Peter Pan / By J.M. Barrie: Illustrated (Looking Glass Library Book) by James Matthew Barrie, Josette Frank, Diane Goode ISBN: 0-394-85717-8 Publisher: Random House Children's Books Pub. Date: February, 1983 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic
Comment: This is an utterly charming work. It has been retold myriad times, but nobody else has done it as well as the original teller, J. M. Barrie.
It's difficult to know what to say about a book like this... everybody knows the story. But I guess that unless you've read this book (not just seen a movie or read a retelling), you don't really know the character Peter Pan, and without knowing the character, you don't really know the story. So read it.
By the way, if you enjoy this, you probably would also like "Sentimental Tommy" and its sequel "Tommy and Grizel", both by Barrie. There are differences (for one thing they're not fantasy), but there are also compelling similarities. Anybody who found Peter Pan a deep and slightly bittersweet book would be sure to enjoy them.
-Stephen
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: 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: Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog (Hello Reader! Level 4) by Eva Moore, Don Bolognese ISBN: 0590265857 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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