Cressida Cowell Posts

On 1st July, Cressida Cowell announced a week of ‘Summer Camp’ activity celebrating children’s innate creativity and showcasing the enormous wealth of talent across the UK. After a term of unparalleled disruption to children’s education, […]

Cressida Cowell answers your most frequently asked questions, all in one place!   Are any of the characters in the Hiccup books like YOU? I identify with Hiccup a lot, because I think he is […]

This week, BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, have launched a new digital hub to entertain children and families at home, packed with free books, videos, games, recipes, competitions, quizzes and much more. To […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.