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    Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
    Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
    Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
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    Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

    By J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie and Arthur Rackham

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1970

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    • 4/5
      1926 American edition. Love, love, love these illustrations!
    • 3/5
       W...T...H? Parts of it made very interesting set-ups for the canon of Peter Pan, but parts of it were definitely not appropriate for children; the last chapter deals greatly with children dying (falling out of their prams, being left to starve/freeze in the gardens, etc.) and Peter burying their dead bodies. It also mentions the "bad fairies" slaughtering children that get discovered in the gardens after closing time. This, to me, is the reason that you can't just /trust/ that a children's book is appropriate for its intended audience (this and the original Little Mermaid).
    • 4/5
      This was written after Peter Pan but is a prequel. There is lots of information and anecdotes about Kensington Gardens in London as well as the story of Peter Pan and how he came to be the boy who never grew up. There is a story about how prospective parents ask the birds for a child and that is why children think they can fly as they were born as baby birds.Not all of the stories feature Peter Pan, the first half is a series of short tales about the different sights in the gardens and some of the children who have visited. It also talks about Barrie’s visits with the children to the gardens and I am ashamed to admit that while I have been living by London for nearly 10 years I still haven’t been to the gardens. I really must go and see if the monuments and sights have changed much since Barrie’s time.This was beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham with over 50 full colour illustrations plus many pen drawings and this was how I found the book even existed. It was funny, sweet and makes a lovely collection to anyone’s library.
    • 4/5
      I actually wasn't sure if I would like this story or not. But, I was pleasantly surprised. I did enjoy it much more than I thought I would. This is the story of how Peter Pan came to be.Peter left his mother, when he was a baby, to be a bird. That didn't work to well for him. So, the fairies decided to take him. They taught him to play like other children. Although they didn't teach him right, he still enjoyed himself. One day, they told Peter that they would give him one big wish. But, he took two small wishes instead. One was to go back to his mother. After he saw her, he returned to the fairies to spend some more time with them before he went back to his mother. But, when he was ready to go back, the window he flew out of was barred. That was when Peter made up his mind to live with the fairies.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. This is truly a classic book that everyone should read twice in their life, once as a child and once as an adult.

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