The series was made into an animated TV show, Charlie and Lola. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005) it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a 2007 panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. edition was published in the same year by Candlewick Press, with the title: I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato.įor that first book in the series, Child won the 2000 Kate Greenaway All-Medal Trophy from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The series' first book is I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, published by Orchard Books in 2000. Charlie and Lola's parents, as well as their friends' parents, are often mentioned, but never seen. Lola is an energetic and imaginative little girl Charlie is her kind and patient older brother who is always willing to help Lola learn and grow. They were introduced in a series of picture books and later adapted as animated television characters. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cressida Cowell.The first book, I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato (US title, later printing with Greenaway Medal seal, 2000)Ĭharlie and Lola are fictional children created by the English writer and illustrator Lauren Child in 2000. "RSL launches three-year school reading project as new fellows announced". "How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel, by Cressida Cowell: review". "Author Cressida Cowell on how she proved her teachers wrong". Archived from the original on 2 April 2010.
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^ How to Train Your Dragon (film)#Accolades.Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. ^ "F.A.Q.s - Cressida Cowell – Quick Facts".In 2021, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).
2018 Blue Peter Book Award, Best Story category: The Wizards of Once (Hodder Children's Books) Ĭowell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to children's literature.2006 Nestlé Children’s Book Prize, Gold Award, 0–5 years category: That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton (Orchard Books).The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever (2020).The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times (2019).
The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic (2018).The Complete Book of Dragons: A Guide to Dragon Species (2014).A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons (2008).How to Train Your Viking, by Toothless the Dragon (2006).Main article: How to Train Your Dragon (novel series) List of works How to Train Your Dragon books The house was lit by candle-light, and there was no telephone or television, so I spent a lot of time drawing and writing stories." Ĭowell attended Keble College, Oxford where she studied English, and she also attended Saint Martin's School of Art and Brighton University where she learned illustration.Ĭressida Cowell presently resides in London with her husband Simon, a former director and interim CEO of the International Save the Children Alliance daughters Maisie and Clementine and son Alexander. "From then on, every year we spent four weeks of the summer and two weeks of the spring on the island. "I spent a great deal of time as a child on a tiny, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland.By the time I was eight, my family had built a small stone house on the island, and with the boat, we could nearly fish for enough food to feed the family for the whole summer. Her uncle, by marriage, is U.S Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.Īs a child, Cowell states she "grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland," and that it was during summers spent on the Inner Hebrides, where she first began to develop her writing and drawing skills: She is the daughter of Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham. Cressida Cowell was born on 15 April 1966 in London.
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