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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  14. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  17. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  18. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  19. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  20. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  21. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  22. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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