I'm absolutety delighted to announce that 'You Can't Eat A Princess!' has been nominated for the Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award 2011. The winner will be announced on 9th February by Giles Andreae. I will travel down to the event - with my fingers crossed all the way! The illustrator, Sarah McIntyre, will be there too. We met up in November so it will be lovely to see her again. The other nominees are :
Bridget Fidget Hold on Tight by Joe Berger
Milo's Pet Egg by Rebecca Elliott
Animal Gallery by Brian Wildsmith
The Beasties by Jenny Nimmo and Gwen Millward
Dave by Sue Hendra and Liz Pichon
Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton
Me and You by Anthony Browne
The Nanny Goat's Kid by Tony Ross and Jeanne Willis
There are no cats in this book by Viviane Schwartz
These are all great books and brilliant authors and illustrators. It will be a honour for me to meet them all.
I wonder what my aliens would think about this event ... they would proberly try to eat the books (or the authors).