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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  2. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  16. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  17. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  18. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  19. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  20. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  21. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  22. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
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