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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  7. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  8. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  9. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  10. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  11. Read a long
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    Read a long
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. A sudden idea
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    A sudden idea
  14. Dealing with Racists
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    Dealing with Racists
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    Don't Kvetch
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