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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  10. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  11. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  16. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  18. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
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