Waterstones Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell's activities and videos

Cressida Cowell will be bringing you loads of fun stuff to get involved with, including a chapter-by-chapter reading of How to Train Your Dragon.

Cressida Cowell

The brilliant Cressida Cowell wants to help you all keep you reading while you're at home, so she's going to share loads of fun ideas and activities over the next few months.

Keep checking back for more content - you can expect drawalongs, creativity tips, ideas and even some live streams. She'll also be reading her brilliant book How to Train Your Dragon chapter by chapter - and you can start watching right now!

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How to Train Your Dragon

Waterstones Children's Laureate: Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2024-26.

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. Find out what Frank's been up to.

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