HELLO – and welcome to the very latest news from ALBERT the tortoise HQ and our good friends Hugg ‘n’ Bugg.
A LOT has been going on .. We will dive straight in…
Firstly a reminder that the NEW ALBERT picturebook ALBERT AND THE FLOOD … Our 7th picturebook featuring Albert … officially publishes as paperback on June 11. But it is landing in shops already and can be found online. Please Order Now and do please Post a Review on those shopping sites or send us a comment if you can. Much appreciated…
Heavy rain (how apt) stops the Garden Games starting a race for Albert and his friends to find safety. We can’t wait to hear what you all think…
Fortunately we do know what some of you think about a previous Albert title .. ALBERT AND THE POND. We just heard that we are on the Shortlist for an Award from the Children’s Literature Festival Book Awards. We are thrilled. It’s stuPONDous that we have got this far with the book and we hope for better news to come.
As well as good news .. we like to hear from you about YOUR artwork, stories and to see you posing with our goodies. We were especially pleased to be sent this from Wood End school in Harpenden which we visited recently .. A budding illustrator in Nursery class drew their own Albert – very colourful – and added a few lines of text. Great effort – and lovely to see. Thank you.
We were also thrilled to receive this picture of a young fan using our Activity Book .. ALBERT PUZZLES AND COLOURING during half term. Look at all that concentration.. Please keep sharing.
Another great picture was of this new tortoise friend of Albert .. enjoying their copy of picturebook ALBERT AND THE SHED. Again.. please keep sharing your pictures with us.
We had a lovely tour of west country indie bookshops over half term.. starting with The Ivybridge Bookshop in Ivybridge, Devon. A fab storytime with Hugg ‘n’ Bugg and Albert stories – part of our launch of ALBERT AND THE FLOOD. Thanks to everyone involved.
Then we headed to The Snug Bookshop & Cafe in Huish Episcopi, Somerset. A fab storytime.. Thanks to all who came along and to all involved.
We have more storytime events lined up… Starting on Saturday June 15 to kickstart Independent Bookshop Week and continue our launch of ALBERT AND THE FLOOD .. we will be at Jo’s Bookshop in North Chingford from 11am. Come along for stories, book signing, tortoises, yetis, dinosaurs and giveaways…
More events to put in the diary…. Friday August 2 from 2pm we will be at Southwold Books in Southwold, Suffolk…
On Saturday August 3 from 11am we will be at Woodbridge Books in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
On Friday August 16 from 11:30am we will be at Waterstone’s in Romford, Essex…
All these events continue our launch of ALBERT AND THE FLOOD… and also our next Albert Board Book ALBERT ABC … (the alphabet with Albert and his picturebook friends) which is officially published on June 18.
Thank you, as ever, for all your support. More news from us very soon. Til next time…