Kittitian Author- Carol Ottley-Mitchell Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Carol Ottley-Mitchell

St. Kitts and Nevis author, Carol Ottley-Mitchell was nominated for an Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Over 238 candidates from 68 countries are nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2014. These were presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 10, 2013.

The Award, which was created in honour of the famous Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, creator of the Pippi Longstocking and one of Sweden’s most important authors, is the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature.  

Ottley-Mitchell was nominated for her popular Caribbean Adventure Series, four books which feature the adventures of three Caribbean children and a mischievous vervet monkey. The first book, Adventure at Brimstone Hill, is set at the historic Brimstone Hill Fortress in St. Kitts.

The other books are each set in a different Caribbean island, Jamaica, Trinidad and the latest book, Fury on Soufriere Hills, is based in Montserrat. Children reading these adventure books are exposed to the culture, history and geography of the Caribbean. 
 

The Kittitian is one of a few authors from the English speaking Caribbean who have been nominated for the prize in the last ten years.  Other Caribbean nominees are below:

 Library Services Department
Organisation
British Virgin Islands

Magallanes, Alejandro
Author/Illustrator
Mexico

National Reading Rooms Program
Organisation
Mexico

Stoutt, Elmore
Oral storyteller
British Virgin Islands

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