Escape from the Carnivale is an upper elementary school book to use for a lesson on fantasy and fiction. This book is a great for children to explore and imagine a place where there are pirates, mermaids, and Native American. This book can open up a lesson on creative writing.

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So this is first and foremost, a children’s fantasy book. Probably for kids around grade 4? So bearing that in mind, I’ll say that this book will hold a lot of adventures and fascinating plots for the little ones. Also, the book is not too cheesy (I know I never liked it when the moral of the book always took up so much time from the actual adventures) nor was it inappropriate in any way. Pretty sure there are more in the series, so if you guys(or wee ones you know) like Peter Pan and want more stories from his world, then this book will definitely satisfy. Wish I read it way before; I would’ve enjoyed the book immensely. So, 2/5 for me as a 20 year old, and 4/5 for 9 year olds. ( )

Have you ever wondered what was going on with the Mollusks and The Lost Boys while Peter was away having adventures in Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves and Peter and the Secrets of Rundoon? Well, this easy chapter book series (billed A Neverland Book) neatly fills that gap quite nicely. This story takes place in between Starcatchers and Shadow Thieves and features Little Scallop (along with others) on a madcap mini-adventure involving mermaids, pirates, a traveling carnival seeking new attractions, the infamous Black Stache (and his gang), dolphins, and of course the irascible Mr. Grin. We begin the story with Little Scallop wishing her father had more time for her as she goes off to spend some with her mermaid friends, Surf and Agua. All three are tired of being told what they can and cannot do because of their age, and as young children often do, they break all the rules to swim out to Shark Cave, forbidden to the two young mermaids AND Little Scallop (it’s certainly not in the shallows where her father has told her to stay). So off they go…and no sooner than they are on their way than a raging squall comes upon them and they become lost AND what’s worse, there is a ship (deathly dangerous for mermaids). Surf is captured and now it’s up to Agua and Little Scallop to get help for their captured friend and in the process of doing so, they encounter a lot more adventure and danger than they bargained for…will they rescue their friend? You’ll have to read to find out!

Overall, this is a cute addition to the Neverland stories, though I would wager this is most appropriate for a slightly younger age range than the longer Pan novels Barry and Ridley have written. Escape from the Carnivale comes in at 134 pages and is a nice early chapter book with large spacing and type with an entertaining and easy to follow storyline that younger fans of Peter Pan and get into easily on their own (best for ages 4-8) and it would certainly make a great read aloud story for younger readers! I give it four stars, both of my kids loved it and we all hope that there will be many more of these to come…we absolutely loved reading more about the Mollusks, the Lost Boys and The Mermaids!!! ( )

A quick, light read for all ages; Esacpre from the Cranivale, gives some more non Peter Pan insight into Never-Land. Anyone who enjoyed Pearson and Barry's team up for the Peter and the Starcatchers series will definately enjoy this one as well.

From the bestselling authors of "Peter and the Star catchers" comes the firstbook in a new adventure series featuring Peter's friends and enemies in NeverLand. ( )