There are few things in this book that aren’t magical.  In fact, pretty much all of it is.  If you’ve seen Disney’s animated Peter Pan, much of it is the same.  If you’ve seen Hook or the live action Peter Pan - put them all together and you’ve pretty much got it.  One thing that I believe isn’t in any of the movies is the meeting between Peter Pan and Wendy’s mother.  I liked that in the book, there’s pretty much no denying the Peter Pan and Neverland are real.  In the movies, there’s always a bit of a feeling that nobody believes the kids.  Also in the book, Wendy’s parents adopt all the lost boys and they all grow up, leaving only Peter Pan behind.  

I love everything about this book that’s in all the movies.  There wasn’t much new there.  There was a more serious, slightly heartbreaking element to Peter Pan that was only in the book.  You get that a bit in the movie Hook, but not as much.

In a nutshell, you’ll never regret taking a week or so to read this one.  It’s well written and purely magical.  Everybody should know the story of Peter Pan.