Earlier this month in the UK, the new Children’s Laureate was announced. Since 1999 the two-year post has been occupied by some of the greats of children’s fiction, including Quentin Blake, Jacqueline Wilson and Julia Donaldson. Now, it’s the turn of Cressida Cowell, whose foremost contribution to the genre is her How To Train Your Dragon books.
7月早些時(shí)候,英國(guó)宣布了新的“童書作家桂冠獎(jiǎng)”(Children’s Laureate)獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)?。?999年以來,這個(gè)兩年頒發(fā)一次的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)被一些兒童小說巨匠包攬,其中包括昆汀?布萊克(Quentin Blake)、杰奎琳?威爾遜(Jacqueline Wilson)和朱莉婭?唐納森(Julia Donaldson)?,F(xiàn)在輪到了克雷茜達(dá)?柯維爾(Cressida Cowell),她對(duì)這一體裁的最重要貢獻(xiàn)是《馴龍高手》(How To Train Your Dragon)系列圖書。