Cressida Cowell, author and the illustrator of the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon book series visits Pangbourn St Andrews School
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00:00Hi I'm Sophie Hearn, I'm the Head of English here at St Andrew's Berkshire.
00:03Having Cressida Cowell here today is like a dream come true.
00:06Nearly 500 children in our sports hall this morning. We've invited children from
00:10nine local schools in the area and we're so excited that we've got over 300
00:14children visiting us as well. They're all going to be sitting as
00:17excited as the teachers waiting to see what she's going to say about her new
00:20books. I hope that they all leave feeling as
00:22enthused about reading as they do about writing stories.
00:25Hi I'm Alex from Four Bears Books and we're delighted that Cressida Cowell has
00:28joined us today here at St Andrew's in Pangborn Berkshire
00:31to talk to so many school children, telling them where her
00:35ideas came from, what got her into writing and we're really lucky to have
00:38her and excited to see what she says today.
00:41Hello I'm Cressida Cowell, author and illustrator of Towered Train and Dragon Books
00:46and I'm here at St Andrew's School and I'm so excited I'm going to be talking
00:51about my new book and what gave me the inspiration for the
00:54stories and there's loads of primary school
00:58who've come to hear me talk and it's really exciting
01:01to get them excited about reading.