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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
Joined March 2012
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    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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    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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    And here is my @Waterstones Children’s Laureate Reading Charter (or giant ‘TO DO’ list...) I love a quest.
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    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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    '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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    Dragons are REAL. I cannot wait for you to see this…
    An unbreakable bond. An epic adventure. Watch the trailer now and experience #HowToTrainYourDragon in theaters June 13. #FilmedForIMAX
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    Public libraries and libraries in primary schools are closing. How are children from low income families to become readers for pleasure?
    @MoultonSave @CressidaCowell Please can you help raise awareness that nearly all Northamptonshire libraries are under threat of closure?
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    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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    Replying to @CressidaCowell
    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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    🐉 🐉 SO exciting - next June, everyone….
    The Legend is Real.  Experience #HowToTrainYourDragon only in theaters June 13!
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    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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    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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    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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    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 #❤️🐉