All the World's a Stage: Peter Pan
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Written by J M Barrie; illustrated by Ella Beech
Hardback; 310 x 256 mm; 10pp
Published 11 September 2025
Discover the story of Peter Pan in a way that you never have before with this pop-out sound book.
Join Peter, Wendy, Tinkerbell and Captain Hook in this sound book adventure, and prepare to be swept away with one of the world’s best-loved stories for the stage. Press the musical note on every page to hear classical music that will transport you to the world of Neverland.
All the World’s a Stage Peter Pan features a retelling of the classic story for a young audience, based on its original form as a staged performance. A finale set on a 5-tier pop out stage is sure to delight and enthral young readers.
This charming novelty format for young readers ages 3+ features:
– A fresh retelling of Peter, Wendy, Michael and John’s journey to Neverland, where pirates sail the seas and children never grow up
– Classical music on every page to accompany the story – simply press the musical note to hear Chopin, Wagner, Debussy and many more
– Stunning new illustrations that bring the well-loved scenes to life
– An impressive five tier pop-out stage at the end of the book
Are you sitting comfortably? Then let the show begin!
SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours.
ELLA BEECH is a children's book author and illustrator living in Cambridge, UK. After completing a BA in Fine Art Painting, she moved into children’s publishing, where she worked for 20 years in roles including Art Director and Head of Campbell Books. In 2019, she left publishing to complete an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.
Ella has been shortlisted for numerous prestigious awards—including the V&A Illustration Awards, Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, BolognaRagazzi Amazing Bookshelf, ABCD Awards, British Book Design & Production Awards, and the Peters Children’s Book of the Year—and was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Additionally, her book Dear Vincent was selected for the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf and named a Times Children’s Book of the Year. She is an Associate Lecturer on the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.
Ella works in traditional media and is drawn to the happy accidents and rich textures that come from creating work on paper. She invariably makes a mess—and that’s how she makes new discoveries too. Her work is rooted in observational drawing: finding the beauty in the everyday through experiments in colour, texture, light, and composition.
When she’s not making art, she loves to knit and sew, go for long rambling walks by the river, and scour charity shops and car boot sales for treasures, which often inspire her stories.
ISBN: 9781917044141