Peter The Cruise Ship

Peter is a happy cruise ship, who, with his friends, travels all over the world and has many adventures.

The Story Line

First Peter is introduced as he is ready to set sail. Out at sea, he meets all his friends, Slick the container ship, Rusty the old cargo ship, Gulp the tanker and Push the tugboat. None of them care much for Push as he likes to bump into other ships and does not seem to be too friendly. Then a storm starts and Rusty can not take the high waves anymore and asks for help. Peter of course helps as much as he can, but surprisingly, so does Push. Together they manage to help Rusty, and bring him to a safe harbor. Peter then moves on as fast as he can, as he now is late to arrive in his next harbor. Being in a hurry, by mistake, he drops his anchor on top of ‘Fluke’ the whale who is having breakfast with his family. Fluke is hurt, and Peter knows he has to apologize for his carelessness. At the end of the story he returns to the harbor where he started from and all his friends welcome him.

Of all children’s books on sale today, very few are about the subject of boats and all of them are written by children’s book authors who have researched a subject – types of boats and what they do – to fill a market need. Many are non fiction. Peter the Cruise Ship presents information about cruise ships, various other types of ships, the ships’ various roles and what they do in an entertaining way, coming from an expert. This first person experience is what makes Peter the Cruise Ship unique.

Kids, especially those between the ages 2 – 8, are fascinated by transportation, things that move, vehicles and boats. Transportation and boats are major learning subjects in early education as evidenced in curriculum, children’s museums, by the many children’s toys, games, music and books based on the subject area. In addition the topics of friendship, teamwork, cooperation and geography, as brought forward in this book, are key childhood issues.

As there are no children’s books on the topic of cruise ships, the author, a cruise ship captain himself, wanted to fill this void, by writing a book children would love.

Peter the Cruise Ship is a full color hard cover book and is printed in the United States.