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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  8. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  9. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  10. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  11. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  13. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  14. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  15. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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