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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  12. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  15. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  16. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  17. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  18. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  19. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  20. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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