Home Video & Podcasts My Best Teacher My Best Teacher podcast: Cressida Cowell Back Subscriber-only My Best Teacher podcast: Cressida Cowell Children’s Laureate and acclaimed author chats with Tes about her school days and why more funding for primary school libraries is so important 25th June 2021, 8:00am Dan Worth Share My Best Teacher podcast: Cressida Cowell https://www.tes.com/magazine/video-podcasts/my-best-teacher/my-best-teacher-podcast-cressida-cowell Copy Link In this episode of the My Best Teacher podcast we chat to children’s author Cressida Cowell about her school memories including: The vital role her primary teacher played in her development as a writer The perils of not being a very organised pupil The importance of primary school libraries Her love of art - and why it’s such an important subject How to develop confidence in public speaking Listen below or through your podcast platform of choice via the following links: Apple, Spotify, Amazon and Google Podcasts. You need a Tes subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Log in You need a subscription to read this article Subscribe now to read this article and get other subscriber-only content, including: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more My Best Teacher podcast: Rhys Stephenson Dan Worth • 10th December 2021 My Best Teacher podcast: Tim Vine Dan Worth • 8th January 2021 My Best Teacher podcast: Lemn Sissay Dan Worth • 22nd January 2021 My Best Teacher podcast: Meera Syal Dan Worth • 5th February 2021 Recent Most read Most shared Is teaching suffering an identity crisis? Analysis 23 September 2024 Everyone’s talking about oracy, but can we cut through the noise? Teaching & Learning 23 September 2024 VAT on school fees will lead to teacher job cuts, warns SCIS News 23 September 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 DfE urged to review curriculum panel over Oak links News 18 September 2024 Schools must not use Ofsted logos for this year’s judgements News 17 September 2024 DfE urged to review curriculum panel over Oak links News 18 September 2024 Call for Ofsted ‘transparency’ over board minutes News 17 September 2024 How to fix the primary maths curriculum Teaching & Learning 18 September 2024