PeterPan: Annotated
About this book
“All children grow up. All except one.” That special child is Peter Pan, and since making his debut on the stage in 1904, this eternal youth has carried boys and girls off to magical, marvelous Neverland. It’s a trip that all kids want to make, and with this easy-to-read version of the classic, everyone can fly “second to the right, and straight on till morning” with Peter. Along with Wendy, John, and Michael Darling, they’ll meet the fairy Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys, and the menacing Captain Hook. It’s a tale as ageless as its beloved hero. Peter Pan has fascinated and delighted readers of all ages for more than a century and entered our collective consciousness like few other books. Like other great archetypal stories, Peter Pan addresses the eternal how to avoid our greatest pain, which is mortality; how to experience life rather than look at it as a bystander; and how to connect to others and what it means to belong. Buzzing with fairies and children who can fly, in Barrie’s Neverland Peter Pan defeats Captain Hook and rescues Wendy and the Lost Boys who return to live their lives even while he stays forever young. That is the great lesson of Peter that we free those we love to find true and genuine connection.