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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  11. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  17. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  18. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  19. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
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