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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. 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. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  15. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  18. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  19. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  20. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  21. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  22. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
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