HELLO and welcome to the latest news updates from ALBERT the tortoise HQ with our good friends Hugg ‘n’ Bugg.
We will dive straight in…
Not long now til Official Publication of our new ALBERT picturebook ALBERT AND THE THIEF .. Number 8 in the picturebook series.
As with all our ALBERT and Hugg ‘n’ Bugg books, we were delighted to gift two signed copies to our local library. We urge everyone to support libraries – brilliant local assets.
We will be at another local asset on September 14 to mark the launch of ALBERT AND THE THIEF. One of our local bookshops.. Jo’s Bookshop in Chingford.
It was great to make some headlines in our local paper on this event – which will include storytelling, tortoises, yetis, dinosaurs, book signing and giveaways. The event starts at 11am.
We came across more write-ups this week… This time from Artificial Intelligence online offering a summary of real ALBERT and the Albert book series. We’re not sure what to make of AI and its implications – but they are quite flattering summaries.
It’s Back to School time round our way and that is a good enough excuse for us to share one of our favourite pictures .. a copy of ALBERT SUPERSIZE with Hugg ‘n’ Bugg THE COMB in school bags from one of our school storytime events.
If any school or teachers are interested in our school events, please get in touch via the details at our website or via our social sites. Also .. if you do any Albert or Hugg ‘n’ Bugg related projects.. stories, crafting, artwork.. we’d love to see it and share it with our friends and followers.
We also love it when you share pictures of YOUR tortoises, turtles .. and other animals or humans with our books. .. So we were delighted to receive this picture featuring labrador Beau, cat Dotty and 125 year-old tortoise Uncle Albert (NOT our Albert). Amazing.
We mentioned recently that we will be doing a series of storytime events with Kingston Libraries in Surrey.
We have a few more details on that…
On September 19 from 10:30am we will be at Kingston Library… that afternoon from 3:40pm we will be at Tolworth Library.
On September 20 in the morning we will be at New Malden Library and in the afternoon we will be at Hook Library.
We will have times and more details soon.
We will be chatting about the Library events – and the launch of new Albert book ALBERT AND THE THIEF with Adam Dowling on BBC Radio Surrey, Kent & Sussex on September 11 around 3:45pm. We look forward to it.
As you know, we also love seeing YOUR Reviews and feedback on our books. Please do keep posting.
We received a lovely comment recently… from What A Little Star.. who said THESE COLOURFUL BOOKS ARE LIGHT-HEARTED AND FUN TO READ. Very nice, indeed.
We were also pleased to receive some praise from Waterstones bookshop in Romford, Essex. You might recall we held a super school holidays storytime event there a while ago.
We were delighted to be in the company of these super books – and authors and illustrators – as the shop said a sweet thank you… and called our books FANTASTIC and authors BRILLIANT… We like that sort of feedback.
From fairly close to home.. to the other side of the world. We were thrilled to receive this picture of Albert .. from Australia from a new super fan down there. We suppose an Upside Down Albert might be the right way round Down Under… Please do keep sharing your pictures or stories wherever you are!
Remember new ALBERT picturebook ALBERT AND THE THIEF is launched soon.. but you can find it in bookshops already and you can order online.
Thank you as always for all the suppoprt you show us.
More news soon.. Til next time…