A present from Cyprus for a future king

DELIGHTED by the recent royal birth to Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Cyprus based children’s book author, Jonathan Ayre, sent two of his books, The Tiger Who Wasn’t! and Hatty And The Hard Beans! as presents to Prince George.

The books are the ongoing adventures of a vegetarian tiger called Hatty, and Jonathan was inspired to send them because of Prince Charles’ well known passion for organic food and the environment.

“I thought my books would be great for Grandad to read to his new grandson,” Jonathan said. “But I really didn’t expect to hear back from KensingtonPalace so quickly.”

The royal envelope arrived in Jonathan’s mailbox just two weeks after he sent the young prince his books.

Inside was a warm note of thanks on behalf of the family, and a royal photo.

“We were thrilled,” said Jonathan, “Especially my own young children. After all, I wrote the books for them – and now a real prince has signed copies!”

Hatty Books Ltd, is based in Nicosia and deals with the local publishing and worldwide distribution of Jonathan’s books (website www.hattybooks.com).

A new fully-interactive book app of The Tiger Who Wasn’t! is now available on iPad and Android.

 

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.