There’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the Oompa Loompas were black pygmies that came from “the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before.”). Now, Peter and Wendy is not the only book that shows its age with sign-of-the-times racism. Just watch the music sequence of “What Makes a Red Man Red.) (Of course, Disney did play up the racism in its own way. There were stories about the Never bird, the regal descriptions of Captain Hook, the real story about how Peter came to Neverland…and the blatant racism that existed in 1911. But like many originals, Barrie’s book has so much more to it. Barrie’s book, Peter and Wendy, which was published in 1911 (following the original play that debuted in 1904). The Disney movie, and many other adaptations, were based on J.M. Then, with a sprinkle of fairy dust, Peter flies the pirate ship back to London and returns Wendy, John, and Michael back to their room. They save Tiger Lily from the pirates, party with the Indians, and battle Captain Hook. He brings them to Neverland where they meet the Lost Boys, pirates and mermaids. When he loses his shadow in the nursery of the Darling home, he meets Wendy, and then her brothers, John, and Michael. The universal story is that Peter Pan is a flying boy who lives with his fairy, Tinker Bell, in Neverland, an island that exists second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning. Fortunately, happenstance throws them together and they find the strength to change course.Ĭrissi invites people interested in discovering the secret of Jill and Maddie’s exciting first encounter to join her at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 25th at Copperfield’s Montgomery Village bookstore, where she promises to read aloud the “happenstance incident” from “The Road to Hope.” Learn more about Crissi’s books here.Thanks to Disney, most people are familiar with the story of Peter Pan. In the first book, characters Jill Johnson and Maddie Russo may be from different generations, but they both have a profound sense of grief and loss. Her present project is expanding her novel “The Road to Hope” into that aforementioned trilogy. This includes keeping her strong fan-base by creating sequels for her most popular books. Daughter Summer, a freshman studying creative writing at SSU, published her own first novel, “The Horror Stories of Los Posadas,” while a senior in high school.Ĭrissi already has a game plan for a more secure future, with writing as her career. Drawing from his “hippie childhood,” fight with alcoholism, and 30-years of sobriety, Shawn published his memoir, “Beyond Recovery, a Journey of Grace, Love and Forgiveness” in November.

Writing has a strong presence in the Langwell house.

Loving the Wind by Crissi Langwell