Peter Pan
Chapter 17: When Wendy Grew Up
by J.M. Barrie
A relieved Mrs. Darling provides a home for the Lost Boys. Fearing an unwanted transformation, Peter departs after making a promise to Wendy. As time passes, so does the Darling home.
A relieved Mrs. Darling provides a home for the Lost Boys. Fearing an unwanted transformation, Peter departs after making a promise to Wendy. As time passes, so does the Darling home.
The group raids the camp, rescuing Tom, but the other man has disappeared during the night.
The sparse number of maple trees are perceived as exiles in contrast to the jungles of cypress that surround them.
Breakfast at the inn is not what Ishmael expected.
A lame and sad-looking dun horse brings good luck to a poor Indian boy.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. The story focuses on the three children celebrating the Halloween traditions, including the carving of a pumpkin, bobbing for apples, and other festivities.
Jo runs into Laurie and the two trade secrets.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. The Toyman brings the three children marbles to play with and the story explains the many seasons of the fictional Boyland.
Friar Lawrence counsels Romeo as they await Juliet's arrival.
Because everyone wanted to be the one to find the trouble first, no one would wait for each other. Spotty the turtle was last and, because the others thought they were so much farther ahead than the rest, they all stopped to take a break. Spotty became the one who saw the problem first.
The author celebrates the colorful history of pirates in Florida.
George's visit with Louise Trunnion fills him with a sense of pride and embarrassment.
The end of the Appalachian system in Northern Florida evokes the imagery of battle in the author's mind.
Homesickness now hits the friends. They go home to Kansas.
This book tells the story of a frog who decides to go fishing for minnows for supper. After several misadventures he gives up and has a dinner of roasted grasshopper and salad with his friends.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. Marmaduke gets tonsilitis and has to stay in bed. One night he meets a fairy who sings to him and takes him around the world.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story the rain keeps the children indoors until they turn the thought of a flood into an imaginative game in which they are pirates on a ship.
Sara begins her new life as a servant.
Little Bear wants to be rid of caterpillars.
The girls arrive in Florida, and are introduced to the heat, Southern food, orange picking, and the slower way of life.
Marmaduke has a dream while he is ill and meets Jack Frost, who takes him on a fun adventure in his toy sleigh.
The young man frees the Gem and returns it to the girls. They offer some sort of repayment, but he only wishes them to keep any knowledge of him secret, as he is on the run. The girls soon meet with the men he may be running from.
Kate, captivated by George, pays him a visit.
Years after the creation of the mirror, Kay and Gerda play in their families gardens.
The boy and his father return and take Squinty away. Squinty made up his mind that he was looking forward to his long journey.