The Little White Bird

J. M. Barrie

The Little White Bird — J. M. Barrie’s novel blends fictional memoir with fairy tale. A solitary London narrator recounts his friendship with young David and his complicated closeness to the boy’s family, while their walks through Kensington Gardens open into the world of birds, fairies, and Peter Pan, a child poised between human life and flight. It explores imagination, parenthood, loneliness, and an adult longing for childhood.