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Cressida Cowell
@CressidaCowell
Author & illustrator of ‘How to Train Your Dragon' ‘Wizards of Once' and ‘Which Way to Anywhere’, Media enquiries: [email protected]
London, England
cressidacowell.co.uk
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Apr 13, 2021
    Today, as @UKLaureate, I have written an open letter to the govt @10DowningStreet calling on them to put primary school libraries at the heart of our pandemic response, with £100m yearly investment. Read here; please share with #lifechanginglibraries booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Jul 9, 2019
    So this wonderful thing happened today... I’ve been made the new ⁦@Waterstones⁩ Children’s Laureate. I believe books and reading are transformative magic and I want that magic to be available to absolutely everyone
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Jul 9, 2019
    And here is my @Waterstones Children’s Laureate Reading Charter (or giant ‘TO DO’ list...) I love a quest.
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    May 22, 2025
    Okay, this is incredible, never ever did I think the characters and world I created would be made into an actual land in a theme park… Here in @UniversalPics @UniversalORL outstanding new Epic Universe at Universal, Florida Took my breath away #HowToTrainYourDragon #❤️🐉
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Oct 22, 2019
    'Schools are not obliged to have libraries, but prisons are. Step one, then, is to make it compulsory for schools, too. This has to be backed up with steptwo: ringfenced money to support schools’ libraries, along with the hiring and training of librarians.' @MichaelRosenYes
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Nov 19, 2024
    Dragons are REAL. I cannot wait for you to see this…
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    #HowToTrainYourDragon
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    Nov 19, 2024
    An unbreakable bond. An epic adventure. Watch the trailer now and experience #HowToTrainYourDragon in theaters June 13. #FilmedForIMAX
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Oct 22, 2017
    Public libraries and libraries in primary schools are closing. How are children from low income families to become readers for pleasure?
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    Rachel H Campling 📘
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    Oct 22, 2017
    @MoultonSave @CressidaCowell Please can you help raise awareness that nearly all Northamptonshire libraries are under threat of closure?
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Nov 17, 2021
    SO PROUD to have been given an MBE this afternoon,a real honour, not just for me but for all the wonderful people who have worked with me in thewonderful world of children’s books (particularly looking at you ⁦@HachetteKids⁩ and ⁦@DHAMedia⁩) but thankyou to you all ❤️
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Apr 13, 2021
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    Decades of research suggests that reading for pleasure is a key indicator of future success. How can a child become a reader for pleasure if their parents or carers cannot afford books, their primary school has no library, or that library is insufficient? #lifechanginglibraries
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Nov 19, 2024
    🐉 🐉 SO exciting - next June, everyone….
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    #HowToTrainYourDragon
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    Nov 19, 2024
    The Legend is Real.  Experience #HowToTrainYourDragon only in theaters June 13!
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Jun 29, 2023
    MASSIVE study by Cambridge University of over 10,000 adolescents showing children #readingforpleasure at an early age have better mental health, improved attention and less behavioural problems when they enter adolescence... #lovelibraries @Literacy_Trust
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    Reading for pleasure early in childhood linked to better cognitive performance and mental wellbeing...
    In a study published today in Psychological Medicine, researchers in the UK and China found that 12 hours a week was the optimal amount of reading, and that this was linked to improved brain struct...
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Oct 11, 2020
    So thrilled and proud to be given an MBE yesterday, just wanted to thank all you kind people sending good wishes and congratulations, THANKYOU, I’m very touched... Simon and Pigeon and I went on a celebratory dog walk - look at that SKY!
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    Cressida Cowell
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    Feb 29, 2020
    Happy birthday to Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third who was born on the 29th of February, a very special day to be born on - this is one of the very first paintings I did of picture book Hiccup back in about 1998
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    Cressida Cowell
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    May 22, 2025
    Wandering through the new #HowToTrainYourDragon land at @UniversalORL in Epic Universe and bumped into wonderful @GerardButler, who is truly outstanding as Stoick the Vast in the live action movie coming out in June, moved me to tears #ToothlessForever #❤️🐉
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