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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  14. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  15. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  17. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  18. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  19. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  20. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  21. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  22. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
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