<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Barrie's tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up remains one of the most beloved children's books ever written. This new edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of "Peter Pan" with a reader's guide.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The character of Peter Pan first came to life in the stories J. M. Barrie told to five brothers -- three of whom were named Peter, John, and Michael. Peter Pan is considered one of the greatest children's stories of all time and continues to charm readers one hundred years after its first appearance as a play in 1904.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>J.M. Barrie, the son of a weaver, was born near Dundee, Scotland, in 1860. He was a journalist and novelist and began writing for the stage in 1892. <i>Peter Pan</i>, first produced in London on December 27, 1904, was an immediate success. The story of <i>Peter Pan</i> first appeared in book form (titled <i>Peter and Wendy</i>, and later <i>Peter Pan and Wendy</i>) in 1911. Barrie died in 1937, bequeathing the copyright of <i>Peter Pan</i> to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, a hospital for children. <p/>Susan Cooper is one of our foremost children's authors; her classic five-book fantasy sequence The Dark Is Rising has sold millions of copies worldwide. Her many books have won the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book</i> Award, and been shortlisted five times for the Carnegie Medal. She combines fantasy with history in <i>Victory</i> (a <i>Washington Post</i> Top Ten for Children novel), <i> King of Shadows</i> and <i>Ghost Hawk</i>, and her magical <i>The Boggart and the Monster</i>, second in a trilogy, won the Scottish Arts Council's Children's Book Award. Susan Cooper lives on a saltmarsh island in Massachusetts, and you can visit her online at TheLostLand.com.
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