Author Stephen Alexander with his book Peter and the Dwarf Planets
I had the pleasant opportunity to have a conversation with Stephen Alexander, author of Peter and The Dwarf Planets.
Stephen is married with two small children and heads the Modern Languages department at The Neil Wade School in March. He is a keen cyclist and astronomer.
Stephen had concentrated his efforts in the past writing adult fiction but a desire to write for his son provided the stimulus for Peter and the Dwarf Planets. A question from his son about the stars in the sky was the inspiration for his book. When Stephen himself was a young boy his father a keen amateur astronomer introduced him to the night skies and the celestial objects that populate it, an interest that persists to this day.
Peter and the Dwarf Planets is a beautifully illustrated by Laura Coppolaro a locally based illustrator. It is a short book ideal for its target audience of four to six year olds, the engaging story is in verse and features a boy and his dad exploring space keenly watched by Matou the ginger cat.
My daughter teaches the book’s target age group and has taken it to share with her class. She thinks it will be ideal for her class of predominantly boys.
Peter and the Dwarf Planets is published by Olympia Publishers.
Hopefully, Peter and his dad will have further adventures to share with his fans both young and old in the future.
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