Peter Pan & Capt Hook

by M.V. Carey

Book Overview

Wendy tells her two brothers a bedtime story about Peter Pan's efforts to rescue Tiger Lily and Tinkerbell from Captain Hook. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394825179
• ISBN13: 9780394825175
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Not a clone of the movie...

For many of Disney's animated movies, Disney has also created a picture book. This picture book version of Peter Pan, though created by Disney, does not match the movie. In this version Wendy reads a story to her brothers. The story contains all of the same adventures as the movie, just without Wendy and her brothers. The lost boys go Indian hunting and get caught, Peter Pan rescues the Indian princess Tiger Lily, Tinkerbell gets captured, and more. The story is told well and flows nicely. My only complaint is that the sentences tend to be short. "It was the best time of day. The lamps were lighted in the bedroom. Wendy sat by the fire." Or "Peter and Tink lived in Neverland. It was a magic place. Indians camped in the woods. There was a pirate ship in the bay near Skull Rock. And there was Hangman's Tree." Other than the short sentences, the book is worded well. As Disney made this book, one would expect the illustrations to be straight from the movie, but they're not. (Partly because the book was made before the movie.) The pictures seem to be slightly simpler, slightly older. They also contain a lot of spirit and expressiveness. While the pictures are slightly different form the movie, they are still obviously the same people. The biggest differences are in the faces- very little about the bodies changes. If you are looking for a shortened form of the movie, this is not the book you want. It is however a very good story full of adventure, good friendship and great illustrations. Loggie-log-log-log