Children’s Authors Arthur and Alex Dorros
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Nancy Pearl was interviewing Father/Son writing team Arthur and Alex Dorros on her Book Lust podcast where they talked about their new book Numero Uno. Numero Uno is the tale of two men, Hercules and Socrates, who find themselves in an argument over what is most important: the brawn of Hercules or the brains of Socrates.
The villagers, tired of the continuous argument, devise a clever contest to settle the question of who is número uno once and for all, and the results surprise everyone.
The discussion about this story really caught my interest, Especially since it first took form as a 6th grade writing assignment for Alex. His father, Athur, an established children’s author and illustrator, recognized the excellence of the story and they pursued the published version together.
As I was listening, I thought “Who is this Arthur Dorros?”, not recognizing the name. I found his website and saw that he was the author of When The Pigs Took Over”, a very entertaining tale of two brothers, one of whom always thought more was better. I highly recommend it. Now I’m going looking for Numero Uno, as well.
