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How To Train Your Dragon with Cressida Cowell at Stirling Castle

Join Cressida Cowell, Waterstones Children's Laureate and the award-winning author of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once series in the spectacular setting of Stirling Castle for this inspirational event!

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Cressida talks about her latest book, The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever and shares tips on becoming an author and illustrator. Cressida also reveals how her childhood on a remote Scottish island inspired her wildly popular How to Train Your Dragon series – unmissable!

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Scottish Friendly Assurance has been sponsoring the tour for over 20 years(this link will open in a new window). Through its support, The Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour reaches an average of 6,000 children every year in a vast range of communities, from rural schools with as few as 8 pupils to 2,000 seat theatres. Scottish Friendly Assurance is a progressive and modern financial services group, which has been around for over 150 years. It provides investors and families with a wide range of financial products.You can find out more about Scottish Friendly on their website(this link will open in a new window).