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Ideas for Henry's stories
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Francesca tells us more about coming up with ideas for Horrid Henry.
  1. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
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  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
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  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
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  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
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  5. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
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  6. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
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  7. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  8. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  9. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  11. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  12. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  13. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  14. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  17. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
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    08:10
    The importance of libraries
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