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There are few characters in literature more iconic than J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Originally introduced in 1902 in another Barrie novel (The Little White Bird), Peter's story was expanded as a standalone novel in 1911 and since then has been memorably adapted for the movies, for television, and for stage.

Now, actress Lily Collins (The Blind Side, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) brings new, youthful energy to Peter's magical adventures.

When Peter Pan and his fairy companion, Tinker Bell, fly in through the window of Wendy's nursery one night, it is the beginning of an adventure that whisks Wendy and her brothers, Michael and John, off to Neverland. There, they will find mermaids, fairies, pirates led by the sinister Captain Hook, and the crocodile who bit off his leg - and still pursues him in hope of the rest!

Barrie works an indisputable magic on listeners of all ages in this classic tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up. As a baby, Peter Pan fell out of his carriage and was taken by fairies to Neverland. There, he can fly and is the champion of the Lost Boys and a friend to the fairy Tinker Bell. Revisiting England, Peter becomes involved with Wendy Darling and her younger brothers, all of whom accompany Peter to Neverland. The children have many adventures and vanquish the pirate Captain Hook.

This carefully compiled collection for young readers includes: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.

The Darling children of Bloomsbury have a secret. His name is Peter Pan, a mischievous night visitor who's somewhere "betwixt and between" a boy and a bird and who refuses to grow up. When Peter invites young Wendy and her two brothers to follow him back to his Neverland home, an adventure beyond any bedtime story unfolds.

Join Peter Pan, Wendy, John, and Michael Darling along with the forever young Lost Boys of Neverland in their fight against Captain James Hook and his dastardly pirate crew! Will the children defeat Hook or will that pesky tick tocking of the crocodile catch up with him first? Making this full cast production unique is including children in appropriate roles which only adds to the authenticity of this beloved classic tale about the Boy Who Refused to Grow Up.

The story is set in London and is about David, a child of various ages from new born baby to a boy of about six, his mother, Mary, and the author. A tale of fantasy and whimsy with dark and sombre overtones. A tale of Kensington Gardens, where we are introduced to Peter Pan. How the gardens transform after lock up time and become a magical fairyland.

Children of all ages will adore this audiobook collection of some of the most notable stories in history. Listen to tales from the Grimm brothers, journey through the jungle with Mowgli in The Jungle Book, embrace youth with Wendy in Peter Pan, and run across pastures in Black Beauty.

At the heart of each of these great classic stories is an adoptee with an indomitable spirit who becomes the heroine (or hero) of her own life. "The bravery it takes for an unwanted orphan to forge their own path in life was as great when these stories were written as it is today," says narrator Alison Larkin, who draws on her own adoption experience to bring these stories to authentic new life.

Peter Pan är pojken som vägrar att bli vuxen. I denna klassiska saga, skriven av författaren J.M. Barrie, flyger det eviga barnet Peter Pan iväg på ett oförglömligt äventyr genom Kensington Gardens i London tillsammans med syskonen Michael, John och Wendy. Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860 - 1937), var en skotsk författare och dramatiker. Mest känd är han för boken om Peter Pan. Barrie donerade copyrighten till Peter Pan och framtida inkomster från denna till barnsjukhuset Great Ormond Street Hospital i London.

Murder comes in two familiar forms. Whether as a crime of passion with high emotions or a cold dispassionate plot to take life in order to gain in some way, the act strikes us all as somehow inhuman. Beneath us as civilised beings. But however we cloak our animal instincts the need to remove a human being and gain relief from abuse or gain from money, the term is just the same – MURDER. Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, W W Jacobs and many others bring their literary heft to bear in as calculating a way as any killer could.

Peter az elveszett fiúk vezére, a kalózok rettegett ellensége, a büszke, pimasz, örök gyermek, berepül a nyitott ablakon, Sohaországba viszi Wendyt és két testvérét, akik hosszú időt töltenek az Elveszett fiúk szigetén. Megismerik Giling Galangot, Hook kapitányt és a kalózokat, de a rengeteg kaland után mégis hazavágynak.

Peter and Wendy (1911) tells the story of Peter Pan, the mischievous little boy who can fly. Peter befriends Wendy, John and Michael Darling and teaches them to fly, with a little help from fairy dust. Other characters in Peter’s world are the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and the "dastardly" pirate Captain Hook. Peter has a series of adventures on the island Neverland where fairies, mermaids, Native Americans and pirates live. Peter and Wendy remains a perennial children’s favorite, and adults also love the book.

The story follows Peter's relationship with Wendy, where he eventually persuades her to join him in the fairy tale world of Neverland to be a mother to him and his friends, The Lost Boys. But not all is safe in Neverland, as the Peter's evil adversary Captain Hook tries to thwart Peter and his friends' fun on multiple occasions. Ending in the climatic final duel between Peter and Captain Hook, this story is filled with action, adventure, family bonds, and an infamous ticking crocodile.

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.

Join Peter, Wendy, John, Michael, and the Lost Boys in their amazing adventures in the Neverland, where children learn to fly, and never have to grow up. This modern recording of the beloved children’s classic will become a family treasure you’ll enjoy again and again.

This classic adaptation of James Barrie's play tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and the pirate Captain Hook.

Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, is a tale of a mischievous boy that can fly and spends his time on the small island of Neverland. Some of the other characters from J. M. Barrie's classic novel include Peter's friends, Tinker Bell, Wendy, John, and Michael, and Peter's nemesis, Captain Hook.

The wispy Peter Pan and Tinkerbell fly into the lives of Wendy Darling and her two brothers, telling them about their home, Neverland - a faraway land filled with magic and wonder. He leads the three Darling children over the rooftops of London and away to Neverland. Magic and mischief is in the air but if villainous Captain Hook has his way, before long someone will be swimming with the crocodiles...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. Whether they hail from the Lowlands or the Highlands, to be a Scottish author is to part of a quite an extraordinary band of authors and its literary traditions. These beguiling stories example the full range and majesty of their talents and the subjects they explore.