HELLO and welcome to the very latest from ALBERT the tortoise HQ and our good friends Hugg ‘n’ Bugg.
As ever, lots going on. We can’t wait to share…
As you know, we love to hear about our books overseas.. and there has been a lot going on in South Korea with our publisher there attending several book fayres. It’s great to see the Korean translations of our first two stories – ALBERT UPSIDE DOWN and ALBERT AND THE WIND on show at events there.
We’re also thrilled the receive pictures from closer to home.. and we recently added these to our gallery.. Delighted to see so many books being enjoyed .. and tortoise Bob up close to Board Book ALBERT AND HIS FRIENDS.
Plus a special mention of Bruce posing next to an ALBERT mug from our new shop… Remember there is loads to see at AlbertShop.co.uk or under Merchandise at AlbertTortoise.com
We made up another fun picture of our own for May 4th .. Star Wars Day. Our effort with Albert as a Jedi seemed to go down OK.
Our new ALBERT shop has made headlines .. in Trade Press Licensing Source and Total Licensing. We’re delighted to make the Press in whatever way. Thanks for the coverage.
We visited the Pirate Ship HQ of literacy charity Literacy Pirates to do some special filming for them in our role as Ambassador. All will be revealed soon. The films will be part of a special blog and will also be sent to schools to share a special message. We are delighted to take part.
We were also thrilled to be back at Jo’s Bookshop in Chingford for a special storytime. Please do support bookshops – such great local assets. Thanks to everyone who came along. And thanks to all at Jo’s .. great supporters of our books. We are most grateful.. We will be back in June and October for more storytime events.
We were also most pleased to be part of our local Library Day. A special event for us this year as we marked 5 years of our first picturebook ALBERT UPSIDE DOWN. A joy to share stories and updates with local residents and all at the library – who have championed our books. Please do support libraries.
We said there was a lot going on…
A little reminder that you can Pre Order our new ALBERT picturebook ALBERT AND THE LONG NIGHT from bookshops or online. We always say support bookshops if you can.
The garden gang encounter nocturnal animals in a great new adventure. We can’t wait to share more about the new story.
Thank you as ever to all for all the support. We are most grateful. More news soon… Til next time…