Cressida Cowell Posts

KS2 Resources for Teachers and Librarians Cressida’s latest series, The Wizards of Once, will encourage EVERY child to read for fun and get something out of books. Cressida has a passion for developing the creative intelligence of children and she believes that reading allows the reader to grow three superpowers: Cressida explains that the magic of […]

Cressida is doing a number of events across autumn 2019 for the hardback edition of the third book in The Wizards of Once series, Knock Three Times. 

Cressida has been announced as the new Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2019-2021). The role of Children’s Laureate is awarded once every two years to an eminent writer or illustrator of children’s books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field. Cressida’s aim as Waterstones Children’s Laureate is to encourage EVERY child to read for fun and get […]

Cressida is doing a number of events in June 2019 for the paperback edition of The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic, and tickets are now available. Come and meet Cressida and get your copies of her books signed! Find out more information about the events below: Saturday 1st June | 12pm Hay Festival Find out […]

Take a sneak peek at the first chapter of Twice Magic (the second book in Cressida’s No.1 bestselling The Wizards of Once series) here… READ HERE

Cressida’s number one bestselling The Wizards of Once is now out in paperback! To celebrate, we’ve put together this video to welcome readers into the magical world of Cressida Cowell . . .

Available for a limited period only, you can watch Cressida receive her award for winning the Best Story in the Blue Peter Book Award 2018. (more…)

We can exclusively reveal that the follow up to Cressida’s amazing The Wizards of Once will be . . . (more…)

We have great news. The Wizards of Once has been chosen by Blue Peter viewers to win Best Story in the Blue Peter Book Awards 2018.  

We go back into the How To Train Your Dragon archives and found an old trailer for the series. Enjoy!  

We are thrilled that David Tennant is BACK to read The Wizards of Once audio. Available on Audible.    

Once there was magic…