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Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
Catherine talks about the characters in her books and the real people who inspired them.
  1. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  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. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  11. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  16. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  18. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  19. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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