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Ideas for stories
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Mairi talks about where she gets her ideas for stories
  1. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
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  2. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
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  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
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  4. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
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  5. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
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  6. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  7. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  8. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  9. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  11. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
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