Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workers ...

Speaking at the Royal Institution, the author and screenwriter linked falling literacy rates to poverty, housing insecurity and social media ...

Frank Cottrell-Boyce spends a lot of his time reading to children in schools. Maybe you’re imagining a class of sweet little five-year-olds sitting cross-legged on the floor. It’s not like that. The ...

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has called for national action to tackle a growing reading crisis, as new research ...

Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has called for urgent action to reverse a decline in the number of ...

Too many children are starting school without consistently experiencing the warmth of shared stories and books, ...

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Children’s publishing is awash with celebrity authors. So when Frank Cottrell-Boyce was named BookTrust’s Children’s Laureate, some fellow writers may not have been wholly delighted. After all, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frank Cottrell Boyce, who co-wrote two of Queen Elizabeth II’s most iconic on-screen cameos – at the 2012 Olympics opening ...

Waterstones Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has used his Laureate Lecture at the Royal Institution in London to call ...

Novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been announced as the new children's laureate. He will take on the role, which involves championing reading and children's books, from this year ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frank Cottrell Boyce (born 23 September 1959) is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his ...