![]() ![]() The extras in the Puffin Classics series also include character descriptions. Interestingly enough, the intro essay for Peter Pan is written by Tony DiTerlizzi, who did the brilliant cover art for the American release of Peter Pan in Scarlet (click here for my review) which is the authorized sequel by award winning British author Geraldine McCaughrean. The series includes 19 titles, new cover art by contemporary children's book artists, introductory essays by contemporary children's book authors and great extras in the back as well as a sneak peek at another similar titles in the classics series. Next up, Chris Riddell, provides the cover art for the newest edition of Peter Pan, which is part of the excellently packaged reissue of childr en's classics from Penguin Puffin Popular Classics. ![]() Arthur Rackham provided the ethereally magical illustrations for this edition, which launched his career. In this book, which takes place pre-Darling children, Peter is a seven-day-old infant who flies out his window (like all infants, he is part bird, according to Barrie's mythology) and lives in the park where he sometimes plays with Maimie, a little girl who tries to instruct him, unsuccessfully, in the ways of the real world. The first cover art shown is from the original edition of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, published in 1906 and originally part of another book by Barrie, for adults, titled, The Little White Bird. ![]()
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