This year marks the 25th anniversary of the bi-annual award.
Cottrell-Boyce, whose books include ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again’, ‘The Great Rocket Robbery’ and ‘The Astounding Broccoli Boy’, is pledging to dedicate his two-year tenure to ‘igniting a fierce’ national conversation about the role books and reading can play in transforming children’s lives, referencing the decades of compelling evidence showing that reading for pleasure is the single biggest factor impacting the life-chances of a child.
He replaces outgoing laureate Joseph Coelho. Other former children’s laureates include Quentin Blake, Michael Rosen, Malorie Blackman, Cressida Cowell and Michael Morpurgo.
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