Children's laureate
On my radar: Cressida Cowell’s cultural highlights
The How To Train Your Dragon author on the most beautiful place on Earth, an epic nature-themed fantasy and the tantalising prospect of a new Jilly Cooper TV adaptation
Cressida Cowell
13, Jul, 2024 @2:00 PM
The Guardian view on Frank Cottrell-Boyce as children’s laureate: a timely champion | Editorial
Editorial: His belief in reading as the foundation of happiness ensures that young readers could not have a better advocate
Editorial
07, Jul, 2024 @5:25 PM
‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi
He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives
Alex Clark
02, Jul, 2024 @2:44 PM
Frank Cottrell-Boyce chosen as new children’s laureate
The children’s author and screenwriter, who takes over from Joseph Coelho, pledged to address ‘invisible privilege and inequality’
Ella Creamer
02, Jul, 2024 @12:30 PM
‘Libraries are the heart of community’: children’s laureate Joseph Coelho on inspiring the next generation of writers
Since his first anthology in 2014, Coelho has become a prolific author for children and YA readers – and it all started, he says, in a vital community space
Alice Kemp-Habib
06, Oct, 2023 @3:30 PM
‘I’ve been banned since the beginning’: Jason Reynolds talks to Joseph Coelho
The UK children’s laureate and America’s ambassador for young people’s literature discuss finding a voice and how to get kids reading
Lucy Knight
17, Dec, 2022 @9:00 AM
Just Sayin’ by Malorie Blackman review – against the odds
The former children’s laureate shares her sometimes enraging story of rejection, determination and resilience
Patrice Lawrence
19, Oct, 2022 @6:30 AM
Joseph Coelho chosen as Britain’s new children’s laureate
The poet and children’s author, who takes over from Cressida Cowell, was praised as an ‘extraordinary advocate for making poetry accessible to all’
Sarah Shaffi
04, Jul, 2022 @11:00 AM
Cressida Cowell renews call for £100m investment in primary school libraries
The outgoing children’s laureate has transformed six primary schools through her Life-changing Libraries initiative, but says a ringfenced fund is needed for lasting impact
Sarah Shaffi
08, Jun, 2022 @5:01 AM
Children’s laureates campaign for £100m a year to fix primary school libraries
Current laureate Cressida Cowell leads demands to ringfence funds to renew ‘deteriorating’ facilities that fail to appeal to students
Sian Cain
12, Apr, 2021 @11:01 PM
Noughts + Crosses review
Adapted from Malorie Blackman’s hit series of novels, this smart drama highlights structural racism by flipping a familiar tale of star-crossed lovers on its head
Ellen E Jones
05, Mar, 2020 @10:00 PM
Michael Rosen: ‘Stories hung in the air about great-aunts and uncles who’d gone’
Searching for the missing pieces in his family brought poet and author Michael Rosen closer to the horror of war
Donna Ferguson
28, Dec, 2019 @3:00 PM
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