Books with author James Barr

All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.

Peter Pan is the name of a fictional character created by Scottish writer James Matthew Barrie for a play premiered in London on December 27, 1904 called Peter Pan and Wendy. Peter Pan is a boy who never grows up, is ten years old and hates the world of adults. Always accompanied by her fairy (Tinkerbell), dust makes it clear Peter has the ability to fly indefinitely. He lives in Neverland, an island populated by pirates as both Indians, fairies and mermaids, and where many adventures the Lost Boys lives with her friends.

This book is set in the year 1512, at the time of Michelangelo, da Vinci, and the Medici family, as a travel guide for first time visitors to Florence, Italy. The guide provides travelers to Renaissance Florence with information about everyday life in city, where to stay, how to find the great art and architectural treasures, as well as information about the city's history, festivities, sports, and great shopping sites.

This classic fantasy relates the life of Peter Pan, a boy who ran away to Never-Never-Land to be a child forever. In search of his missing shadow, Peter finds Wendy, Michael, and John Darling, three children he brings back with him to Never-Never-Land for adventures with his enemy, the pirate Captain Hook. Flight enabled by the fairy Tinker Bell's pixie dust and encounters with Indians enliven the tale. Peter and the children must eventually choose between remaining with each other and returning to their respective homes.

Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie's most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel, respectively. Both versions tell 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, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook. The play and novel were inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. Barrie continued to revise the play for years after its debut; the novel reflects one version of the story.