The book 'Peter Pan' by J. M. Barrie is a truly beautiful work. It is never too cloyingly sweet or too harsh, and the child's perspective of the world is beautifully crafted. It does, however, bring you along on a journey to the Neverlands, and perhaps for a little while we can be reunited with our dreams.

Although Wendy seems a little prim, she is sweet and motherly. John was offhand and brave, Michael was tiny and believing. Peter's innocent cockiness and love for dangerous adventures endears him to the reader at once. He still has all his first teeth, and his first laugh - what more could we ask of him?

The book retains a magical quality right up to the last page. The midnight scene where Peter coaxes them out of the window has a kind of magic in an ever-young boy, small and innocently cocky and always up to some mischief. The ending of the book is very sad, for only those who are gay and young and light-hearted can fly.