HELLO – and welcome to the latest News from ALBERT the tortoise HQ and our good friends Hugg ‘n’ Bugg.
January can seem a long month .. but it’s been busy for us.
We are heading back into schools with our storytime events .. and we were thrilled to head to St Albans, Hertfrodshire and to Oakwood Primary School to meet more than 300 schoolchildren.
Action shots are on the way.. but we had a grand time. We signed many books and we were thrilled to be presented with a few gifts from the students.. a handwritten note, a bracelet and a hand-made mini book. Supersize thanks to all involved.
We have loads more school events lined up.. but our next public event is to help shell-ebrate the opening of a brand new library .. Shenfield Library in Shenfield in Essex – with Essex Library Service. On Saturday February 15 from 9:30am we will be at the new library with our ALBERT the tortoise and Hugg ‘n’ Bugg picturebooks storytime.
We have some other events lined up after Shenfield… and then we head to WALES.. and we return to the Bridgend Children’s Literature Festival with awen Libraries during half-term.
On Thursday February 27 we’ll be at Pencoed Library in the morning and then at Pyle Library in the afternoon. On Friday February 28 we will be at Aberkenfig Library in the morning – and Bridgend Library in the afternoon. We are looking forward to returning. Remember – several of our ALBERT and Hugg ‘n’ Bugg titles are available in Welsh!
Some advance Festival NEWS … we will be at the Curious Minds children’s literary festival in Worcester on Wednesday April 16 – working with Script Haven bookshop and Bookmark Reading Charity.
Ahead of that, of course will be World Book Day on Thursday March 6. We have a rammed diary around that date packed with school visits. BUT if you happen to dress as ALBERT the tortoise for Book Day – do please share a picture with us. We know it is all about books, really. But we know readers do dress up. Share a picture, we’d love to see it.
Now some BIG HAIRY NEWS about our friends Hugg ‘n’ Bugg… the messy yeti and the friendly flea.. The new Hugg ‘n’ Bugg picturebook THE RACE is published by Graffeg on March 12.
Here’s a look at the amazing cover.
Remember there are 3 previous adventures with the unlikely duo. FINDING HOME, THE COMB and THE SURPRISE. You can find them all here on this site at the Hugg ‘n’ Bugg shop page.
These are rhyming, comical tales with little life lessons from the team behind the ALBERT books. We think they’re flea-mendous.. and hair-larious. Sorry.
You can ORDER Hugg ‘n’ Bugg THE RACE here …
Loads more news soon…. Work continues on an animated children’s TV series of ALBERT and a Trailer will debut at KidScreen animation summit in San Diego on February 9.
There is some major book news about ALBERT on the horizon…
And some work with the Bookmark Reading Charity will be shared soon as well.
We will bring the updates to you as soon as we can.
Thank you as ever for all the support you show.
More soon.. Til next time…