the history of peter pan

Before he was born a baby, Pan was a bird.
Peter Pan's birthday is June 13th [not in fandom yet]
The author named Barrie wrote books about peter pan. peter celebrates his birthday on date June 13. when he reached age 12 he decided never to grow up so magic-ly stays age 12.
altho the story of the author is boring still pans story is exciting.
we love pan but he first appeared as one among many unrelated stories in the book "Little White Bird", James Barrie, 1902.
some stories are about "activities in London of 1902, and others are imaginary stories in Kensington Gardens [a real garden where king william built a palace] and elsewhere. This book also includes the very first appearance of Peter Pan." that book peter pan was mean to kids so we ignore that unhappy part. those stories were later republished a couple years after the theatre version of pan. In December 1904, Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up the theater showed a story about pan which later became the 1911 book see below. in year 1904 in a theatre actors showed a story about pan. this was developed into a book "Peter and Wendy", Barrie, 1911.
so in time order:
1902 among many stories are stories of pan.
1904 theater pan.
1906 after theater republished those stories of pan see below
1911 book see below
details: in year 1906, Barrie also published a separate book with those stories about pan "...(From 'The Little White Bird')...". its name Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, later repeatedly republished]  the stories of beloved pan tell that "Peter Pan was a baby, living secretly in London, with the birds and fairies" fairies took him away and when he returned he saw his parents had a different child so he lived separately. he grew until age 12 he refused to "grow up" and magic-ly stopped. actualy before peter was born he had been a bird.
fascinating choice of days "escaped from being human when he was seven days old; he escaped by the window and flew back to the Kensington Gardens etc."
in 1911 Barrie published a novel, known as Peter and Wendy or just Peter Pan
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/PeterPan1904
Barrie adapted the plot of the play, and continued to revise the story, until in 1928, he published a definitive version.