Craig, Amanda (6 June 2008). "Screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce's new children's book Cosmic is his best yet. Amanda Craig meets him". Times Online. London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 20 May 2010. To come so close and not realise his dream! He manages to convince Dr Drax that the children should have an adult present, but Dr Drax decides to let the children vote on which Dad they want with them by voting on them after a series of challenges. Problem is, why would the kids want a computer-game obsessed "dad" with them when they know he'll hog the controls?

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On winning the prize Frank Cottrell-Boyce said: “It would be amazing to win this award with any book I'd written but it is a special joy to win it with The Unforgotten Coat, which started life not as a published book at all, but as a gift. Walker gave away thousands of copies in Liverpool - on buses, at ferry terminals, through schools, prisons and hospitals - to help promote the mighty Reader Organisation. We even had the book launch on a train. The photographs in the book, were created by my friends and neighbours - Carl Hunter and Claire Heaney. The story was based on a real incident in a school in Bootle. So everything about it comes from very close to home - even though it's a story about Xanadu! this book was almost perfect in tone – it does reveal certain Truths without being didactic and it made me laugh and tear up in equal measure. Interestingly both laughter and tears meet up perfectly in the character of Florida Kirby – oh how I loved her and her sadness and smartness hidden behind her celebrity-obsessive personality. Why did I read this book: Jaclyn Moriarty talked about it on her Smugglivus’ guest post and I bought the book after I read the post. Planet Postcards: Choose a planet from our solar system and create a postcard from your imaginary trip there. Draw the planet and write a message about your interplanetary adventure! Frank Cottrell-Boyce [1] (born 23 September 1959) [2] is an English screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. He has achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and for sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, a children's classic by Ian Fleming. [3]

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He met Denise Cottrell, a fellow Keble undergraduate, and they married in Keble College chapel. Together they have seven children. [9] He is also a patron of the Insight Film Festival, [10] a biennial, interfaith festival held in Manchester, UK, to make positive contributions to understanding, respect and community cohesion. [11] The humour renders the implausibility of the plot unimportant, in that Hitchhiker's way. This is one of the first books I've read in ages that made me laugh out loud. It was a breath of fresh air, lightening my week, and some of the irreverence transferred to my own life - there's nothing better than the ability to laugh at the absurdities of our own lives. Rory Rooney is unremarkable in almost everything, apart from his capacity to attract the attention of the school bully. But when he suddenly and spectacularly turns green, he becomes a superhero! People - Insight Film Festival - Faith in Film". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016 . Retrieved 11 September 2016. Smyth, Chris (2018). "Universally challenged: Reading alumni team gets zero". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 11 January 2018.Cottrell-Boyce was the writer [5] [22] [23] of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, whose storyline he based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. [21] He collaborated with director Danny Boyle and other members of the creative team, including designer Mark Tildesley, [22] in the development of the story and themes, and wrote "short documents that told the story of each segment" [24] to provide context for choreographers, builders and other participants. He also wrote the brochure, [22] [24] the stadium announcements [22] and the media guide for presenter Huw Edwards. [5] [24] A few years ago I fell hard for Millions, Frank Cotrell Boyce’s first book for children. The outlandish situation (two boys feverishly spending large amounts of money), the characterizations (particularly of the two boys and their father), the subtle handling of the big emotional and theological themes (of grief and faith), the laugh-out-loud humorous moments (my favorite being the playground economy), and the remarkable voice of narrator Damian (the younger of the two boys) made it a memorable novel for me as well as for my students when I read it aloud to them. Boyce’s next novel, Framed, did not win me over the same way. Fortunately, he has gone one better with his newest book, Cosmic.* How Liam and the kids manage to save themselves makes for a story that’s filled with heart-stopping suspense, lots of humor, clever plotting, and a couple of great surprises. But it’s also about dads – the ones who get you out of trouble, the missing ones, and the ones who do their best even when they’re not sure what to do. This is a brilliant resource - just what I was looking for. Lots of different ideas and I love the use of questioning for retrieval practice. Thank you Prez has one summer to find ten things about the earth that make it worth saving - but can he do it? This book is heart-breaking and hilarious in equal measure.

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Cottrell Boyce has also written Millions, about two kids and an unexpected bag of money, and Framed, about a nine-year-old boy, some great art, and a village filled with eccentrics.

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So I turned the key in the ignition. The car made a sound like a cat purring. The man stepped aside and pointed to the bonnet. 'Engineering perfection.' He smiled."It is at the moment, I thought. But in five minutes' time it might well be a load of scrap metal. The thing about Level Two of course is that it has new and unexpected dangers. So you stand a much better chance of being killed. Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an accomplished, successful and award-winning author and screenwriter. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2004. Cottrell-Boyce was made an Honorary Doctor of Literature at Edge Hill University on 16 July 2013. [26] In 2014, Cottrell-Boyce wrote an episode of Doctor Who, titled " In the Forest of the Night". He also wrote the second episode of the tenth series, " Smile". [27] In September 2015, Cottrell-Boyce held the keynote speech at the Children´s and Young Adult Program of the 15th Berlin International Literature Festival. [28] I didnt know Millions was made into a book! Loved the movie though. Will have to look for both books:) Liam Digby is only 12 but he is VERY tall. He is so tall that people actually think he is an adult (the fact that he has Premature Facial Hair also helps). For most part, Liam enjoys the benefits and advantages of being regarded as an adult: he goes to places he is not supposed to; he gets to drive a Porsche; and after passing the height restrictions, enjoys the scariest rollercoaster ever: the Cosmic. On the downside, being too tall and adult-like somehow creates unreasonable expectations and it’s not unusual for Liam to hear the words: “a big guy like you, you should know better” .

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Alison Flood (24 October 2012). "Frank Cottrell Boyce wins Guardian children's fiction prize". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 24 October 2012. When a new Prime Minister is elected on Ted’s birthday, strange things begin to happen. At first, Ted thinks it’s a happy coincidence that some of his ideas become government policy. However, as his more obscure thoughts are adopted by the Prime Minister, he wonders if he is genuinely influencing parliamentary decisions. a b c d Frank Cottrell Boyce (29 July 2012). "The night we saw our mad, fantastical dreams come true". The Observer. London . Retrieved 29 July 2012. There are a number of elements that Frank Cottrell Boyce deftly combines to make COSMIC one of the funniest books I've read this year: Harper Collins Authors & Illustrators: Frank Cottrell-Boyce biography". Harpercollinschildrens.com. 27 May 2010 . Retrieved 29 July 2012.Bowman, Jamie (27 March 2015). "Merseyside author's son reveals bid to become MP". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 29 July 2022. England - KS1/KS2 English: Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read. TV - Original Drama Serial (with Paul Abbott, Martin Allen, Ken Blakeson, Tom Elliott, Barry Hill, Stephen Mallatratt, Julian Roach, Adele Rose, Patrea Smallacombe, John Stevenson, Peter Whalley, Mark Wadlow and Phil Woods) Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space. Is Liam the best boy for the job?