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J.M. Barrie


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Sunday May 8, 2011
J.M. Barrie, the creator of the legendary children's book character Peter Pan, is this week's featured author. Check out some of his work with a free sample from BookDaily. While you're at it, surf some other book samples to pick your favorites and sample a chapter a day. There are hundreds more great classic children's books to choose from, as well as modern favorites.

    BookDaily.com Featured Books
    Romance
    - 44 Charles Street: A Novel, Danielle Steel
    - Black Magic Woman (Others Novels), Christine Warren

    Mystery
    - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
    - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks

    Sci Fi
    - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks
    - A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3), George R.R. Martin

    Health
    - The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, David Brooks
    - Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell

    Teens
    - Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board, Bethany Hamilton
    - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

    Literature
    - Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems, Billy Collins
    - The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition, Jalal al-Din Rumi

    Religion
    - Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence, Sarah Young
    - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle

    Business
    - The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, David Brooks
    - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

    Spirituality
    - The Shack, William P. Young
    - The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis


    J. M. Barrie 

    (May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937)
    Sir James Matthew Barrie attended Edinburgh University alongside Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson. His acquaintance with the Llewelyn-Davies family led to the writing of the play "Peter and Wendy," later adapted into the children's book "Peter Pan." In 1924, he released copyright of this play to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. He died in 1937, having survived two of the boys for whom "Peter Pan" was originally written.


    Featured Book and Quizzes


    Featured book by J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan

    This week's quizzes:
    Alice in Wonderland
    The Wizard of Oz
    P.G. Wodehouse


    This Week's Birthdays


    Alphonse Daudet -- May 13, 1840
    French short story writer best known for his hero Tartarin of Tartarin de Tarascon.
    Daphne du Maurier -- May 13, 1907
    English novelist and playwright, the creator of the romantic thriller Rebecca.
    Read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier at BookDaily.

    Dante Alighieri -- May 14, 1265
    Great Italian poet renowned for his classic Divine Comedy.
    Read The Inferno by Dante at BookDaily.



    Kids' Home Library

    'Green' Books to Celebrate the Earth Every Day

    Lee Littlewood
    Last Friday was Earth Day. Though it has already, I'm motivated to represent some helpful 'go green' books for young readers.

    "Girls Gone Green" by Lynn Hirshfield; Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group; 224 pages; $10.99.

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