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Barrie was born in Kirriemuir,

Angus, to a conservative Calvinistfamily. His father David Barrie wasa modestly successful weaver. He wasa small child (he only grew to 5 ft.312 in. and drew attention to himselfwith storytelling.

The character of Peter Pan wasinvented to entertain George and Jack.Barrie would say, to amuse them, thattheir little brother Peter could fly. Heclaimed that babies were birds beforethey were born; parents put bars on

nursery windows to keep the little onesfrom flying away. This grew into a taleof a baby boy who did fly away.


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Peter Pan is acharacter created by

Scottish novelist andplaywright J. M.Barrie. A mischievousboy who can fly and whonever ages, Peter Pan

spends his never-endingchildhood adventuringon the small island ofNeverland as the leaderof his gang, the Lost

Boys, interacting withmermaids, NativeAmericans, fairies,pirates, and occasionallyordinary children fromthe world outside ofNeverland.


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Peter Pan first appeared in asection of The Little White Bird, a1902 novel written by Barrie .

The character's best-known

adventure debuted on 27 December1904, in the stage play Peter Pan,or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.The play was adapted andexpanded somewhat as a novel,

published in 1911 as Peter and

Wendy (later as Peter Pan andWendy, and still later as PeterPan).

Barrie never described Peter'sappearance in detail, even in the

novel Peter and Wendy (1911),leaving much of it to theimagination of the reader and theinterpretation of anyone adaptingthe character.


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J. K. Rowling, is a British novelist, bestknown as the author of the Harry Potterfantasy series. The Potter books havegained worldwide attention, won multipleawards, and sold more than 400 millioncopies. They have become the best-sellingbook series in history, and been the basis fora series of films which has become thehighest-grossing film series in history.

Rowling had overall approval on the scriptsas well as maintaining creative control byserving as a producer on the finalinstallment.Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, Rowling

was working as a researcher and bilingualsecretary for Amnesty International whenshe conceived the idea for the Harry Potterseries on a delayed train from Manchesterto London in 1990.


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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's

Stone is the first novel in the HarryPotter series written by J. K. Rowling

and featuring Harry Potter, a young

wizard.

The book, which is J.K.

Rowling's debut novel, was

published on 26 June 1997 by

Bloomsbury in London. In 1998

Scholastic Corporation

published an edition for the

United States market under the

title Harry Potter and theSorcerer's Stone. The novel won

most of the British book awards

that were judged by children,

and other awards in the US. The

book reached the top of the New

York Times list of best-sellingfiction in August 1999.


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Harry Potter is an orphan

whom Rowling imagined asa "scrawny, black-haired,bespectacled boy who didn'tknow he was a wizard

Ron Weasley is Harry's age

and Rowling describes himas the ultimate best friend,"always there when youneed him."

Hermione Granger, thedaughter of an all-Muggle family, is abossy girl who hasapparently memorisedmost of the textbooks

before the start ofterm.


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The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven high

fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic

of children's literature and is the author's best-known

work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47

languages.Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954,

illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published inLondon between October 1950 and March 1956, The

Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted several times,

complete or in part, for radio, television, the stage, and

film.

Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world ofmagic, mythical beasts, and talking animals, the series

narrates the adventures of various children who play

central roles in the unfolding history of that world.

Except in The Horse and His Boy,


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