Peter Pan Peter Pan commonly refers to: Peter Pan (character), a fictional boy who refuses to grow up, created by Scottish author J. M. Barrie Peter Pan (play and novel) (1904), the play that first popularised the character Peter Pan may also refer to: Peter Pan is a children’s novel by J. M. Barrie. It follows the adventures of the Darling children and Peter Pan, a boy who never grows up. Peter Pan flies into Wendy Darling’s room and ... Get all the key plot points of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes. Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel titled Peter and Wendy. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mermaids, fairies, redskins and pirates. The Peter Pan stories also involve the characters Wendy Darling and her two brothers John and Michael, Peter's fairy Tinker Bell ...