Madonna nominated for best children’s author in the UK
Madonna has been nominated in the prestigious British Book Awards in the WHSmith’s Children’s Book of the Year category. While the website has yet to catch up with this years shortlist, a preview magazine is available in all good bookshops with a full list of nominees in all categories.
The ceremony is on Channel 4 at 5pm, Friday April the 9th. The awards are considered the “Oscars” of the British book world and nomination is an amazing feat for a first time children’s author. Her entry reads:
“A huge amount of attention has focused on the internationally celebrity’s first children’s book, published simultaneously in more than 100 countries. Inspired by motherhood, Madonna offers a tale with a moral about bullying, five girls, slumber parties, jealousy and friendship. Four more of these pretty illustrated storybooks are in the pipeline.”
There is a “Book Notes” section within the Children’s Book of the Year feature, which has a picture of Madonna and the following biography:
“Madonna‘s transformation into a children’s author is extraordinary, especially when one remembers that it isn’t so very long ago since people excitedly snipped open the sealed package that contained her book Sex, which contained the sort of pictures you certainly wouldn’t expect to find in a children’s book”.
Hopefully all the mummy’s and daddy’s out there won’t mind their offspring asking “What’s Sex?” on reading this charming career synopsis! Besides, 10+ years is hardly “not so long ago”. Goodbye Mog, by Judith Kerr, has a full page ad on the next page to the Children’s section and is felt by many to be the most likely winner.
You can check out the voting at www.britishbookawards.com when they get round to setting it up.
Thanks to Madonna Tribe forum member Daniel