J.M. Barrie

4 summariesFantasy, Children's, Young Adult

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.

Books by J.M. Barrie

4 books available

Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie
4.0 (277k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
A mischievous, eternal boy from a magical island whisks three London siblings away to a world of mermaids, pirates, and fairies, where the greatest adventure is learning to fly and facing the inevitable tick-tocking crocodile of time.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
J.M. Barrie
3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
Before Neverland, Peter Pan was a forgotten baby, living a whimsical, secret life amongst the birds and fairies of London's Kensington Gardens, learning to fly with the help of a mischievous crow and a thimble-sized kiss.
The Little White Bird
J.M. Barrie
3.9 (910) average on GoodreadsFantasy
In Kensington Gardens, a man who never grew up tells stories of fairies, birds, and the boy who would become Peter Pan, all while dealing with the challenges of fatherhood and imagination.
Dear Brutus
J.M. Barrie
3.8 (136) average on GoodreadsFantasy
On a midsummer's eve, a group of unhappy guests enter an enchanted forest that shows them the lives they might have had, only to learn that character, not circumstance, shapes destiny.