F. D. Bedford
1) Peter Pan
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The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. "All children, except one, grow up." And so begins the story of one of the most beloved characters in children's literature, Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie's classic tale, completely unabridged, features a boy who refuses to grow up, Tinker Bell the fairy, and the Darling children -- Wendy, John, and Michael. Their great adventure begins on the...
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The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home' is a novella by Charles Dickens. The story centers on a carrier named John Peerybingle who lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days. The life of the Peerybingles intersects with that...
3) Peter Pan
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"Peter Pan, el nįo que no quiere crecer, tiene el poder de volar y vive en una isla mg̀ica. Pero es un apasionado de los cuentos, as ̕que cada noche acude a Londres para or̕ los que cuenta una madre a sus hijos al acostarlos. En una de sus visitas pierde su sombra y cuando Wendy, la nįa de la casa, se la cose por los pies, el chico la invita a volar con ľ al Pas̕ de Nunca Jams̀. All ̕vivirǹ las mil peripecias que durante ms̀ de un siglo...
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King Watkins the First is the father of the lovely and kind-hearted Princess Alicia and a tribe of eighteen other darlings. Between their money problems, the queen's illness, and the children's boisterous doings, the king and his eldest daughter are fairly overwhelmed by responsibilities. But a chance meeting with a good fairy at the fishmonger brings a bit of magic into their lives and leads the entire family toward health and happiness. Caldecott...
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All children, except one, grow up. Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, live a very proper middle-class life in Edwardian...
