Peter the Cruise Ship and the Pirates

Peter's third adventure brings him to the Caribbean Sea. He is happy, as it is a perfect day, with sunshine. He toots his horn and sings a song.

The Story Line

Peter is on a cruise in the Caribbean when he passes the 'HAZY ISLAND'. He stops singing and wants to pass them as fast as he can, as he feels he being watched from the shadows. But then, he hears someone calling for help. He turns around, to see who that could be, and sees a beautiful sailing ship, Creola' being chased by...Pirates!!

When the pirates see Peter, they turn on him as well, and Peter and Creola decide to hide behind some islands. When they decide to make a run for it, Bandit, the lead pirate, spots them and all four of them start to chase Peter and Creola. Peter toots his horn as loud as he can and his heard throughout the Caribbean. His friends come over as fast as they can, and with Push the tugboat in the lead, the manage to scare the pirates away, who after all are nothing but bullies. Push even bumps into Bandit and breaks his mast. Creola and Peter are very relieved and together, Push, Slick the Container Ship, Gulp the Tanker and Peter and Creola decided to take a break at a beautiful tropical island.

More to the North, it is getting real cold and they enter a bay full of glaciers. The glaciers then throw so much ice in the water behind him, that Peter gets stuck in it. Hazel swims away to get help from Fluke the Whale and his family, but they too can't get Peter out. Luckily they find Push the Tugboat and he is strong enough to push the ice away so Peter is free again.

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.