Neverland

I finally got to see Looking for Neverland, the Acadamy Award nominated film about J. M. Barrie the creator of Peter Pan. I loved it--an old-fashioned, beautifully filmed movie without one bad word. Of course, the literary aspects of the film fascinated me. I knew nothing about Barrie before I saw it, but research shows that the film is fairly accurate.

There are legions of readers who are grateful for Barrie, R. L. Stevenson, A. A. Milne, Frank Baum, E. B. White, J. K. Rowling and others for creating those magical worlds where we could play, fly, be pirates, walk through walls, follow the yellow brick road, meet a heffalump, and talk to spiders all from the safety of our personal reading spot.

I highly recommend the film.