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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  11. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  12. School days
    03:57
    School days
  13. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  16. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  17. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  18. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  19. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
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